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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
Katherine B. (Barden) Kinney, who passed 
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away on December 23, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Katherine Kinney was a graduate of Providence High 
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School; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Katherine Kinney retired from EJ & E Railroad 
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after 25 years of service in the personnel and police 
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departments; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Katherine Kinney was a life member of the St. 
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Patrick Catholic Church; she was also a member of the St. 
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Patrick's CCW, St. Patrick's 55 Club, the St. Joseph Hospital 
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Auxiliary for 23 years, the National Association of Railway 
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Women, and the Joliet Area Historical Society; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Katherine Kinney was preceded in death by her 
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first husband, Charles J. Meyer; her second husband, Robert F. 
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Kinney; her parents, James Edward and Anastasia (nee Delaney) 
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Barden; her brothers, J. Raymond and J. Richard Barden; and her 
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sisters, Patricia Barden and Mary B. Musolf; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Katherine Kinney is survived by her two sons, John 
 


 






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R. (Roberta) Kinney and Will County Chief Judge Gerald R. 
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(Connie) Kinney; her grandchildren, James R. (Jackie), Sarah 
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A., Sean, Christina and Brian Kinney, and Kim Bennett; and her 
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great-grandchildren, Kelsey, and twins Jackson and Bryon 
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Bennett; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Katherine B. Kinney; 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 Katherine Kinney as an expression of 
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our sympathy.