SR0705 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Margaret M. McClellan of Forked River, New Jersey, who passed away on April 9, 2013; and

WHEREAS, Margaret McClellan was born in Bayonne, New Jersey; she lived in Colonia, New Jersey for 30 years before moving to Forked River; and

WHEREAS, Margaret McClellan was a founding member of St. John Vianney Church in Colonia; she served as Director of Religious Education for many years and held numerous positions in the church's Altar Rosary Society; after moving to Forked River, she continued her service as a Lay Eucharistic Minister at St. Barnabas Church in Bayville and was an active member of the church's Altar Rosary Society; and

WHEREAS, Margaret McClellan was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Andrew; and

WHEREAS, Margaret McClellan is survived by her son, Bud (Eleanor); her daughters, Agnes (Clifford) Bacsik, Annie Bologno, Peggy, Maureen, and Mare; her grandchildren, Andrew, Michael, Patrick, and Colleen McClellan, Christopher, John, and Thomas Bacsik, and Melissa and Megan Bologno; her sisters, Vera Gallagher and Agnes Hemmann; her brothers, Robert and Eugene O'Halloran; and her many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of Margaret M. McClellan; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Margaret McClellan as an expression of our sympathy.