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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 Elizabeth Boyle of Clarendon Hills, 
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who passed away on April 10, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, The former Mary Elizabeth Ruckman was born and 
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raised in the small town of Amboy, about 85 miles west of 
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Chicago, where her father owned an insurance agency; she was a 
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student teacher at Coonley for a year before receiving a 
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bachelor's degree in education from National Teachers College 
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in Evanston; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She married Donald Boyle in 1947, and the couple 
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lived in Oak Park; she taught nursery school for a few years 
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before they settled in Clarendon Hills in 1955 and she focused 
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on raising her young children; in 1967, with her children older 
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and in school, Mrs. Boyle returned to Coonley as director of 
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the junior and senior kindergarten classes, for ages 4 through 
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6; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She retired in 1991 but continued for a few years 
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as a substitute teacher; in 2001, Mrs. Boyle received the G. 
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Howard Glassford Award at Coonley for her outstanding service 
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to students; and
  
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald; 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Elizabeth Boyle is survived by her sons, 
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John, Dick, and Phil; her daughters, Lynn Costello and Joanne 
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Hartwig; and her four grandchildren; 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 Mary Elizabeth Boyle; 
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and 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 Elizabeth Boyle as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.