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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of State  of  Illinois
 3    learned  with  regret  of  the  death  of  Mary  Louise Albey
 4    McDowell on July 2, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mrs. McDowell was born in Trenton, Tennessee  on
 6    April  2,  1917;  she  later moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky
 7    where she was raised by her Aunt Coley and Uncle  Jesse;  she
 8    attended Fisk University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts
 9    degree  in  sociology  and  a  master's  degree in education;
10    through a program at Peabody College and Fisk and  Vanderbilt
11    Universities,    she    became   qualified   as   a   trained
12    teacher-librarian; and

13        WHEREAS, She worked as a librarian and English teacher at
14    Lincoln  Academy  High  School  in  Kings   Mountain,   North
15    Carolina, where she met Curtis F. McDowell; they were married
16    on June 2, 1942 and were married for 61 years; and

17        WHEREAS,  The  family moved to Chicago where Mr. McDowell
18    pursued a career as a lawyer; during this time, Mrs. McDowell
19    co-founded and helped organize the  Princeton  Park  Nursery,
20    joined  the  P.T.A.,  and  served  as a volunteer in the Girl
21    Scouts and Boy Scouts; and

22        WHEREAS, Mrs. McDowell went on to teach  in  the  Chicago
23    Public  Schools,  where  she  spent  the  bulk  of  her years
24    teaching educable mentally  handicapped  children  at  Carver
25    Elementary  School; she retired from the public school system
26    after 25 years of service; during her retirement,  she  spent
27    14 years as an English tutor at Olive-Harvey College; and

28        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  McDowell  was  a  long-time member of the
29    Church of the Good Shepherd, where she was a  member  of  the
30    Chancel  Choir,   the  Plymouth  Group, Deacon Board, Women's
31    Fellowship, and the April Birthday Group Committee; and
 
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 1        WHEREAS, During her life, Mrs. McDowell loved travelling;
 2    she had visited Egypt, Turkey,  India,  China,  Japan,  South
 3    America,  Paris,  Rome,  and many other exotic locations; she
 4    also traveled to every state in the Union,  including  Alaska
 5    and  Hawaii;  she  also  enjoyed  gardening,  her  cats,  and
 6    writing,  but  especially spending time at family gatherings;
 7    and

 8        WHEREAS, The passing of Mrs. Mary Louise  Albey  McDowell
 9    has been deeply felt by many, especially her husband, Curtis;
10    her  children,  Henry Lynn, Melody Maria, and Sylvia Rebecca;
11    her grandchildren, Neal Patrick Wells and his  wife  Bethany,
12    Angela Lynn Wells, who are Sylvia's children; she also leaves
13    behind  Lynn and his wife Rose and their children, Mary Louis
14    McDowell,  Henry  Curtis  McDowell,   and   Peter   Alexander
15    McDowell;  she  also leaves Mrs. Ruth Alexander McDowell, her
16    mother-in-law and her  great-granddaughter,  April  Elizabeth
17    Wells; therefore, be it

18        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
19    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the  passing
20    of  Mrs. Mary McDowell and extend our deepest sympathy to her
21    friends and family; and be it further

22        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
23    presented  to the family of Mrs. McDowell as an expression of
24    our sincere condolences.