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92_SR0309
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Ruth E. Flaherty, who passed away on January 21, 2002; and
5 WHEREAS, Ruth E. (Glenn) Flaherty was born on March 24,
6 1918, in Elgin, Illinois to John M. and Eva J. Glenn; she was
7 preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, William J.
8 Flaherty, Sr. in 2000; and
9 WHEREAS, Mrs. Flaherty was a member of Our Lady of Good
10 Counsel Church; she graduated from Holy Angels Grade School
11 in 1932, and from Madonna High School in 1936; she later
12 graduated from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in
13 1940; and
14 WHEREAS, Mrs. Flaherty retired from Mercy Center Hospital
15 in 1984, where she worked for 15 years as a medical
16 technologist; and
17 WHEREAS, Ruth Flaherty devoted her life to family and
18 faith; she lovingly raised eight children, encouraging
19 virtue, compassion, kindness, and respect and faced life's
20 challenges with strength, grace, and dignity; and
21 WHEREAS, The death of Ruth E. Flaherty will be deeply
22 felt by all who knew and loved her, especially her brother,
23 John (Eileen) Glenn; her brother-in-law, Gregory Molitor; her
24 sister-in-law, Marjorie Glenn; her seven children, Joan
25 Elizabeth (Dr. Antonio Riera) Flaherty, William J. Flaherty,
26 Jr., Mark (Colleen) Flaherty, Patrick (Judy) Flaherty, Judith
27 Anne Flaherty, Ruth Marie Flaherty, and James D. (Linda)
28 Flaherty; her grandchildren, Enrique (Arianna) Arana, Beatriz
29 Arana, Michael and Anne Flaherty, Benjamin Flaherty, Mark,
30 Katherine, and Daniel Flaherty, Matthew, Brian, Nicholas,
31 Graham, and Sarah Ludmer, Amy (Akwetee Butler) Flaherty,
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1 Andrew Flaherty, and Brittany, Carly, and Timothy Flaherty;
2 her great-granddaughters, Sophia Marie Arana Cabrera and
3 Amirah Butler; and her lifelong friends, Mildred Mueller,
4 Virginia Heinz, and Rosemary Collier; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 all who knew her, the death of Ruth E. Flaherty of Batavia,
8 Illinois; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Ruth E. Flaherty with our sincere
11 condolences.