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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Eileen McCracken, who passed away on 
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April 5, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Eileen McCracken was born May 10, 1924, in 
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Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Eileen McCracken grew up in the Austin 
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neighborhood of Chicago; she moved to River Forest at age 
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twelve and met her future husband, Tom McCracken, whom she 
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married in 1949; she graduated from Trinity High School in 
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River Forest and attended St. Mary's College of Notre Dame, 
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Indiana;   and

 
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    WHEREAS, Eileen McCracken was well known for her sweet 
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disposition, great acts of kindness, and sense of serenity; her 
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highest priority was to create a warm and welcoming home for 
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her family and her children's friends; and

 

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    WHEREAS, Eileen McCracken is survived by her husband, 
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Thomas J.; her children, Jo Ann Gallagher, Tom Jr., Jackie 
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(Sam) Cibula, Dick (Joan), Bill (Diane), Kevin (Annette), 
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Eileen (Bob) Crane, J.R. (Beth), Carolyn (Bill) Lagor, Susan 
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and Amy (Tim) Hangsterfer; and 43 grandchildren; she was 
 


 






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preceded in death by her daughter, Mary Catherine; therefore, 
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be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Eileen McCracken; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

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presented to the family of Eileen McCracken as an expression of

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our sympathy.