SR0571 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SR0571 LRB102 21048 ECR 29994 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Catherine "Kay" Agnes Duff of Forest Park, who passed away on August 12, 2021 at the age of 91; and

WHEREAS, Kay Duff was born on October 27, 1929 on the West Side of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Kay Duff attended Providence High School; she was an active member of the Presentation Young People's Club, through which she met her future husband of 57 years, the late John (Jack) Duff; and

WHEREAS, Kay Duff and Jack married and then moved to Oak Park where they raised their ten children; she worked as a devoted mother who never took a day off, remembered every birthday, and always tended to each of her children's needs without ever driving a car; and

WHEREAS, Kay Duff was an active member of the community and was deeply involved in religious life; she was a loyal member of Ascension Parish and was involved in the Altar & Rosary Society as well as the many activities in which her children participated; and

WHEREAS, Once her children were grown, Kay Duff worked as a trusted receptionist for the Wednesday Journal; and

WHEREAS, Kay Duff will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, friend, and beloved aunt and great-aunt to many; she will be missed dearly by all; and

WHEREAS, Kay Duff was the mother of John, Kathleen, Thomas (Pam), James (Wendy), Anne (Robert) Dorneker, Margaret (William) Walsh, Mary (James) Arey, Patricia (Robert) Marino, Robert, and the late Susan (the late John) Sbarbaro; the grandmother of Ainsly, Benjamin, Amanda, Thomas, Kaitlyn, Kevin, Elizabeth, Kelly, Maggie, Meredith, Joseph, Patrick, Matthew, Nicole, James, John, Marikate, Jack, and Samuel; the great-grandmother of Colin, Clare, Josephine, Thomas, Cadence, and Tenley; and the sister of William (Anita), Lawrence (Mary) Frankel, the late Margaret (the late Charles) May, Hugo, Robert (Dorothy), Loretta Marren, and Howard and Virginia Frankel; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Catherine Agnes "Kay" Duff and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further

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