Full Text of SR0108 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Anne McDonald Oakley of Quincy, who | 4 | | passed away on January 30, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Anne Oakley was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on | 6 | | February 7, 1932 to Ralph and Mabel Peele McDonald; she | 7 | | graduated from Needham Broughton High School in 1950 and from | 8 | | Duke University in 1954, where she attended as an Angier B. | 9 | | Duke Scholar, a competitive, fully-paid, 4-year scholarship; | 10 | | she received one of Duke's highest honors as a member of the | 11 | | Order of the White Duchy and was recognized for her leadership | 12 | | and academic achievement with inclusion in Phi Kappa Delta, an | 13 | | honorary fraternity; she was also a member of the Pi Beta Phi | 14 | | sorority and was active in alumni activities throughout her | 15 | | life; she married Thomas A. Oakley on December 22, 1954 in | 16 | | Raleigh; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Anne Oakley was stationed with her husband at | 18 | | several United States Air Force bases around the country; they | 19 | | returned to Quincy in August of 1957, and Anne provided her | 20 | | intellect and unwavering support to her husband as they worked | 21 | | to build Quincy Newspapers, Inc.; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Anne Oakley was active in a number of community |
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| 1 | | boards, serving as President of the Quincy Service League, the | 2 | | Anna Brown Home Women's Board, and the Friends of the Library; | 3 | | she served on boards associated with Cheerful Home and the | 4 | | United Way; she was a past President of the Illinois Women's | 5 | | Golf Association, a statewide golf organization with which she | 6 | | was associated for 30 years; she served on the Vestry of her | 7 | | church, St. John's Parish (the former St. John's Episcopal | 8 | | Church); she was a member of Quincy Country Club, the Island | 9 | | Club in Marco Island, Florida, and she and her husband were | 10 | | founding members of Naples National Golf Club in Florida; she | 11 | | was a past member of Friends in Council; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Anne Oakley enjoyed golf, playing bridge with the | 13 | | ladies of Murphy's Tables, and spending time with family and | 14 | | friends; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Anne Oakley was preceded in death by her parents; | 16 | | her son, Tom; her brother, Charles Chalmers McDonald; her | 17 | | niece, Nancy Geoghegan Farish; her son-in-law, Stephen Young | 18 | | Winters; and her brother-in-law, Peter A. "Tony" Oakley; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Anne Oakley is survived by her husband, Tom; her | 20 | | son, Ralph McDonald Oakley, and his wife, Lisa, and their | 21 | | children, Allison Oakley Hall (Dustin) and Sullivan Smith | 22 | | Oakley; her daughter, Mary Oakley Winters, and her children, | 23 | | Thomas Lyle Van Ness (Lesley), Benjamin Beeson Van Ness |
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| 1 | | (Amanda), Jonathan McDonald Van Ness, and Jennifer Winters | 2 | | Reekie (Kenny); her great-grandchildren, Isla Skye Reekie, | 3 | | Campbell Ian Reekie, Cora Westwater Reekie, Ailsa McCullough | 4 | | Reekie, Olivia Brin Van Ness, William Daniel Hall, and Sterling | 5 | | Thomas Van Ness; her sister, Mabel McDonald Geoghegan; her | 6 | | brother, Ralph "Bo" McDonald (Meg); her nieces, Mabel Geoghegan | 7 | | Pace (John) and Dr. Anna Coke McDonald; her brother-in-law, | 8 | | David R. Oakley, and his wife, Mary, and their children, David | 9 | | Oakley (Theresa), Mike Oakley (Ginny), Tim Oakley (Denise), | 10 | | Susan Gauthier (Vince), and Cathy Bunce (Gary); her | 11 | | sister-in-law, Signe Oakley, and her family, Peter Oakley, II | 12 | | (Judy) and Hal Oakley (Kathy); her sister-in-law, Shirley | 13 | | McDonald; and numerous great-nieces and nephews; therefore, be | 14 | | it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Anne McDonald Oakley, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Anne Oakley as an expression of our | 22 | | deepest sympathy.
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