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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Joan |
| 4 | | Patricia Murphy, who passed away on September 18, 2016 at the |
| 5 | | age of 79; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Joan Murphy had a long and distinguished career in |
| 7 | | Crestwood government; after working as a flight attendant for |
| 8 | | United Airlines, she was elected to serve as Crestwood Village |
| 9 | | Clerk in 1965; in 1977, she was elected to serve as Worth |
| 10 | | Township Clerk, serving for two terms; in 1989, she was elected |
| 11 | | to serve as Worth Township Supervisor, a position she held for |
| 12 | | the next eight years; in 2002, she was elected to serve as the |
| 13 | | 6th District Commissioner on the Cook County Board of |
| 14 | | Commissioners, where she chaired the labor committee; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Joan Murphy was the first woman to be elected to |
| 16 | | public office in Crestwood and the first woman to be elected as |
| 17 | | Worth Township Clerk and Worth Township Supervisor; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Joan Murphy was a longtime delegate to the |
| 19 | | Democratic National Convention; she was a part of history when |
| 20 | | she cast her superdelegate vote for Hillary Clinton in July of |
| 21 | | 2016 at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Joan Murphy was a diligent advocate for the Sixth |
| 2 | | District and the Southland region as a whole, fighting for the |
| 3 | | equitable distribution of resources and services; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Joan Murphy was a gifted singer who loved parties |
| 5 | | and taking her children on adventures; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Joan Murphy is preceded in death by her husband, |
| 7 | | Donald Francis Murphy, Sr., whom she married in 1959; her son, |
| 8 | | Donald Francis Murphy, Jr.; her father, Michael O'Malley, Sr.; |
| 9 | | and her sister, Eileen Tomao; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Joan Murphy is survived by her daughter, Tricia |
| 11 | | Murphy; her sons, Tim (Courtney) and Tony (Stephanie Milito); |
| 12 | | her grandchildren, Madelyn, Mia, Teagan, Ronan, and Mary; her |
| 13 | | mother, Concetta; her brothers, Michael O'Malley, Jr. and Bobby |
| 14 | | O'Malley; and her nieces and nephews, Joyce (Michael) |
| 15 | | Vaudreuil, Theresa (Tom) Kaliszewski, Dan (Rhonda) Claus, Mark |
| 16 | | O'Malley, and Kerry O'Malley; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 19 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of |
| 20 | | Joan Patricia Murphy; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |