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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Kathryn D. "Kay" Kehoe, formerly of |
| 4 | | Batavia, who passed away on February 21, 2018; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kay Kehoe was born in Bergen, New York to John and |
| 6 | | Jane (McCormick) Darby on May 12, 1922; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Kay Kehoe became a registered professional nurse |
| 8 | | in November of 1943; she married Robert L. Kehoe in her |
| 9 | | hometown of LeRoy, New York on January 26, 1946 and they |
| 10 | | settled in Batavia in December of 1950; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Kay Kehoe returned to nursing in 1967 and within a |
| 12 | | few years became the head nurse of the medical/surgical unit at |
| 13 | | Aurora's Mercy Center Hospital, from which she retired in 1987; |
| 14 | | and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Kay Kehoe was an active member of Holy Cross |
| 16 | | Parish in Batavia; she was a board member and chair of an |
| 17 | | annual drive for the local American Cancer Society; she also |
| 18 | | volunteered with developmentally challenged children at Valley |
| 19 | | View and at the homeless shelter, Hesed House; in 1996, she was |
| 20 | | honored to be named the Woman of the Year for the Rockford |
| 21 | | Diocese; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Kay Kehoe was preceded in death by her husband, |
| 2 | | Robert; her parents; her daughter, Mary Kehoe Griffin; her |
| 3 | | grandsons, Andrew Kehoe and Kevin Griffin; and her six |
| 4 | | siblings; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kay Kehoe is survived by her children, Jane |
| 6 | | (Steve) Lewis, and John, Robert (Michelle), Bernard (Valerie), |
| 7 | | and Dan (Mary) Kehoe; her son-in-law, James Griffin; her |
| 8 | | grandchildren, Tim Griffin, Sean Lewis, Robert (Ashley), |
| 9 | | Brian, Nicholas, Nathan, Angie, Michael (Kacey), Darby, Katie, |
| 10 | | and Erin Kehoe; and her great-grandchildren, Judah, Edgeron, |
| 11 | | Samara, Falan, Ryder, and Penelope; therefore, be it
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| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 14 | | Kathryn D. "Kay" Kehoe, and extend our sincere condolences to |
| 15 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 16 | | further
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 18 | | presented to the family of Kay Kehoe as an expression of our |
| 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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