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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 Mary Fran Flowers of Montgomery, who 
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passed away on April 21, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Flowers was born on September 26, 1947, in 
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Chicago, the daughter of Harold and Mary, nee Behan, Tolan; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Tolan met William Flowers when he was a naval 
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cadet at the Great Lakes base, where she  was volunteering at 
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the USO; they married in 1968 and moved to California for the 
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duration of his military service; when they returned to 
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Chicago, William Flowers began his civilian career as a truck 
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driver and Mary Flowers worked as a geriatric nurse in several 
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area hospitals, including Good Samaritan in Downers Grove; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In the mid-1980s, she started the Picture Window 
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Antiques shop in Oswego; the family moved to Montgomery in 1992 
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to be closer to the store, although it later went out of 
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business; Mary was a  lifelong Democratic activist, and got 
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involved in the local political scene, winning a seat on the 
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Oswego Library District Board; her oldest daughter, Jennifer, 
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re-founded the Democratic Party within months of moving to 
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Montgomery; every member of the family has served the small 
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local party as precinct committeemen or as candidates; and Mary 
 


 






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Flowers ran for the Kendall County Board twice; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She belonged to St. Anne's Catholic Church in 
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Oswego, the Democratic Party of Kendall County, and Friends of 
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Oswego Public Library; she was also a Licensed Practical Nurse; 
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she was preceded in death by her parents; and her son Patrick; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mary was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and a 
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faithful friend who will be dearly missed by all; she is 
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survived by her husband of 39 years of marriage, William; her 
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children, Jennifer Flowers, Elizabeth Flowers, Timothy (Katie) 
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Flowers, Martin Flowers, and Catherine Flowers; and her 
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grandchildren, Jack, Taylor, and Bridget Flowers; 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 Mary Fran Flowers; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Mary Fran Flowers as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.