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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, the members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Elizabeth "Beth Ann" O'Reilly-Amandes who
4passed away on January 17, 2020, at the age of 64; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes was born in Chicago to
6Winifred and James O'Reilly on October 3, 1955; she was the
7seventh of fourteen children; she was raised in Crystal Lake;
8she attended St. Thomas Catholic School and Crystal Lake
9Community High School, where she sang in choirs and acted in
10plays; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes started dating her
12future husband Paul in 1974 while doing theater and leading
13music for St. Thomas Church, the Happening in Christianity, and
14later at the Newman Center of Northern Illinois University;
15while in married student housing, the couple forged lifelong
16friendships with several other young families; they were
17married at the Resurrection Center in Woodstock in 1980; they
18continued studying in DeKalb, where their first two children
19were born; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes and Paul moved their
21young family to Chicago; she served on the board of Call to
22Action and was the tour manager for their theater company; she

 

 

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1also toured the country as an actor/singer in Call to Action
2Theatre's productions "Between The Times" and "PeaceWorks",
3often with Paul, his brother Tom, Beth Ann's brother Eugene,
4her sister Jamie, and her sister-in-law Tammy; she continued to
5perform with her family and friends in various Chicago
6companies throughout her life, including the Curious Theatre
7Branch, Bottom of Your Shoe Theatre Collective, and Open Door
8Repertory; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes moved to Oak Park with
10her family in 1989 and became very involved in the St. Giles
11Family Mass Community; for the next 30 years at St. Giles, she
12served on the Council of Pastors, was an active liturgy
13director, mentored children of the Mass Community, and was also
14a featured liturgical singer and soloist; she became the
15manager of Logos Bookstore in Oak Park from 2000 until they
16closed in 2006; she worked at Community Bank and trained in
17early childhood education; she was the beloved nanny for the
18Rosado and Holzer-Lopez families during the 2010s; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes was a devoted and
20favorite client at the Buzz Cafe and Oak Park Chiropractic; she
21enjoyed traveling frequently to visit family on the West Coast,
22in New York, and in London, where her daughter Sarah lives with
23her family; she took her final trip in December 2019 and spent
24a magical Christmas in York, England surrounded by her husband,

 

 

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1children, and grandchildren; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes is survived by her
3husband, Paul; her children, Michael and Sarah Amandes; her
4son-in-law, Charlie Hanover; her grandchildren, David and Kate
5Hanover; her siblings, Willem, Cecilie (Leonard Brooks), Chris
6(Katrina), Gloria, Beau, Dorothy (Billy Imm), Kate, Jamie, Ned
7(Kathleen), Henri (Don Peters), Eugene (Tammy), Bridget (John
8Wagner), and Bernadette (Don Haderlein); and her many extended
9family members; therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
12Elizabeth "Beth Ann" O'Reilly-Amandes and extend our sincere
13condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
14her; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to the family of Elizabeth "Beth Ann"
17O'Reilly-Amandes as an expression of our deepest sympathy.