SR1122 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Maureen Kinney Maher, who passed away on December 10, 2010; and

WHEREAS, Maureen Maher was born on November 19, 1941, in Springfield; she was the daughter of Michael and Irma (Rissi) Kinney; she married Lawrence B. Maher on November 24, 1962, at St. Mary's Church in Alton; and

WHEREAS, Maureen Maher was employed as a teacher at St. Mary's School in Alton; she then worked as the intake director at Specialized Services in Godfrey until she retired in 1994 to be a full-time grandmother; and

WHEREAS, Maureen Maher was an active member of every parish to which she belonged, most recently St. Stephen's in Flora, where she served as a dedicated member of the St. Ann's Altar Society; and

WHEREAS, Maureen Maher loved spending time with her family and friends, gardening, antiquing, and bargain shopping; she especially enjoyed helping to organize reunions of the 1959 graduating class of Marquette High School; and

WHEREAS, Maureen Maher was preceded in death by her parents and her daughter; and

WHEREAS, Maureen Maher is survived by her husband; her sister and brother-in-law, Martha and Art Liyeos; her children and their spouses, Amy and Roger Smith, Tim and Trish Maher, and Erin and Samuel Pierce; her grandchildren, Clare, Maddie, Liam, Grace, Annie, and Mary Eileen Maher, and Benjamin, Emma, Anna, Ellie, Owen, and Irma Pierce; and her numerous sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Maureen Kinney Maher; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Maureen Maher as an expression of our sympathy.