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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Alice Cavanaugh of 
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Plainfield on the 90th anniversary of her birth, September 6, 
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2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Alice Cavanaugh was born on a farm in New Lenox on 
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September 6, 1917 to Norton and Agnes Deal; she grew up on 
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farms in New Lenox and Channahon townships; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She graduated from St Francis Academy and the 
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College of St. Francis; after graduating from college in 1939 
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she taught for 3 years in the Offerman School; she married 
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Arthur Cavanaugh, a Plainfield farmer, on April 25, 1942 in St. 
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Mary's Church in Minooka; they lived on the Plainfield farm for 
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22 years before moving into Plainfield; Mr. Cavanaugh died in 
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1984; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Alice has lived in the village for 43 years, 
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recently moving into Cedar Lake Senior Village in Plainfield; 
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In 1958, Alice went back to her teaching profession spending 
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time at the Jones School, Laraway School, and finally retiring 
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from the Plainfield School system in 1978; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Alice is very active in St. Mary's Church in 
 


 






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Plainfield, acting as a greeter at mass and as a member of CCW 
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and the Senior citizen group; in 2002 she received the CCW 
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Woman of the Year Award, representing St. Mary's parish, from 
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Bishop Imesch; she also received the Senior of the Year Award 
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from St. Mary's in 2002; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Alice Cavanaugh is the mother of eight children, 
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Carole, Judy, Jim, Pat, Terry, David, Ann, and John; the 
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grandmother of 25 grandchildren; and the great-grandmother of 
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21 great grandchildren; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Alice Cavanaugh on this milestone birthday and 
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wish her good health and happiness in the future; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Alice Cavanaugh as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.