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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
| 3 | | to learn of the death of Shirley Mungai of Oak Park, who passed |
| 4 | | away on October 4, 2024 at the age of 93; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Mungai was born in Pendleton, Indiana on |
| 6 | | November 15, 1930 and moved to Oak Park in the 1940s; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Mungai attended St. Edmunds School and |
| 8 | | later Oak Park River Forest High School; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Mungai married Joseph J. Mungai before |
| 10 | | they moved to Elgin to start a family, and they had four |
| 11 | | children together; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Mungai moved back to Oak Park, living at |
| 13 | | the Oak Park Arms for six years and attending mass at St. |
| 14 | | Edmunds or Ascension every Sunday, and she was a frequent |
| 15 | | sight around Oak Park, enjoying long walks all over town; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Mungai loved children, and making them |
| 17 | | happy was a source of her own joy; life at the Oak Park Arms |
| 18 | | enabled her to see many preschoolers for whom she knitted |
| 19 | | dolls and stuffed animals; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Mungai found great comfort and joy in her |
| 2 | | connection to faith, and she was always looking for new |
| 3 | | adventures or to spend a day "gallivanting", one of her |
| 4 | | favorite words; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Mungai will be remembered for her keen |
| 6 | | sense of humor, kindness, generosity, unconditional love for |
| 7 | | those close to her, and care for anyone in need of comfort; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Mungai was preceded in death by her eight |
| 9 | | siblings; her husband; her daughter-in-law, Bonny; and her |
| 10 | | son, Joe; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Mungai is survived by her children, Diana |
| 12 | | (Dianne Jones), Maria (Henry Sampson) and Ed; her |
| 13 | | grandchildren, Abby (Dustin King) and Phil; her |
| 14 | | step-granddaughters, Beth (Eric Vandemark) and Gwen (Jim |
| 15 | | Walski); her step-great-granddaughters Madeline, Penny, and |
| 16 | | Evelyn; many nieces and nephews; and her sisters-in-law, June |
| 17 | | and Rita; therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
| 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 20 | | Shirley Mungai and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 22 | | further
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