Full Text of SR0156 95th General Assembly
SR0156 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
SR0156 |
|
LRB095 11983 KXB 35487 r |
|
| 1 |
| SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Mary Fran Flowers of Montgomery, who | 4 |
| passed away on April 21, 2007; and
| 5 |
| WHEREAS, Mary Flowers was born on September 26, 1947, in | 6 |
| Chicago, the daughter of Harold and Mary, nee Behan, Tolan; and
| 7 |
| WHEREAS, Mary Tolan met William Flowers when he was a naval | 8 |
| cadet at the Great Lakes base, where she was volunteering at | 9 |
| the USO; they married in 1968 and moved to California for the | 10 |
| duration of his military service; when they returned to | 11 |
| Chicago, William Flowers began his civilian career as a truck | 12 |
| driver and Mary Flowers worked as a geriatric nurse in several | 13 |
| area hospitals, including Good Samaritan in Downers Grove; and
| 14 |
| WHEREAS, In the mid-1980s, she started the Picture Window | 15 |
| Antiques shop in Oswego; the family moved to Montgomery in 1992 | 16 |
| to be closer to the store, although it later went out of | 17 |
| business; Mary was a lifelong Democratic activist, and got | 18 |
| involved in the local political scene, winning a seat on the | 19 |
| Oswego Library District Board; her oldest daughter, Jennifer, | 20 |
| re-founded the Democratic Party within months of moving to | 21 |
| Montgomery; every member of the family has served the small | 22 |
| local party as precinct committeemen or as candidates; and Mary |
|
|
|
SR0156 |
- 2 - |
LRB095 11983 KXB 35487 r |
|
| 1 |
| Flowers ran for the Kendall County Board twice; and
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, She belonged to St. Anne's Catholic Church in | 3 |
| Oswego, the Democratic Party of Kendall County, and Friends of | 4 |
| Oswego Public Library; she was also a Licensed Practical Nurse; | 5 |
| she was preceded in death by her parents; and her son Patrick; | 6 |
| and
| 7 |
| WHEREAS, Mary was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and a | 8 |
| faithful friend who will be dearly missed by all; she is | 9 |
| survived by her husband of 39 years of marriage, William; her | 10 |
| children, Jennifer Flowers, Elizabeth Flowers, Timothy (Katie) | 11 |
| Flowers, Martin Flowers, and Catherine Flowers; and her | 12 |
| grandchildren, Jack, Taylor, and Bridget Flowers; therefore, | 13 |
| be it
| 14 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Mary Fran Flowers; and | 17 |
| be it further
| 18 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Mary Fran Flowers as a symbol of our | 20 |
| sympathy.
|
|