Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HR0558 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
5	5	3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
6	6	4 Clementina Veronica Mulholand Brown of Springfield, who passed
7	7	5 away on November 3, 2023; and
8	8	6 WHEREAS, Veronica Mulholand Brown was born to Cornelius
9	9	7 Mulholand and Clementina "Mull" Mulholand in Ripon, California
10	10	8 on December 15, 1932; she frequently worked with her father at
11	11	9 the Ripon cattle auction yard, enjoyed raising animals such as
12	12	10 goats, ponies, and rabbits, and belonged to her family's
13	13	11 popular, award-winning mounted horseback Palomino Horse Troop;
14	14	12 she graduated from Ripon High School in 1950, where she helped
15	15	13 lead the debate team to achieving first place in the 1949
16	16	14 statewide invitational championship; she studied nursing
17	17	15 science at San Jos State University and graduated with a
18	18	16 degree in nursing from O'Connor Hospital School of Nursing in
19	19	17 1953; and
20	20	18 WHEREAS, Veronica Mulholand Brown met Lowell Jerome Brown,
21	21	19 M.D. while working at Mercy Hospital in San Jose, and they were
22	22	20 married at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Ripon, California
23	23	21 on July 21, 1962; her husband became a physician in the U.S.
24	24	22 Navy, and together, they worked and lived in various Central
25	25	23 and Southern California locations before settling in San Diego
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34	34	1 and beginning a family by adopting Neil in 1965, with Brendan
35	35	2 following in 1966, Caitlin in 1968, and Terence in 1970; and
36	36	3 WHEREAS, Veronica Mulholand Brown and her family
37	37	4 transferred to Subic Bay, the Philippines, for a two-year tour
38	38	5 of duty in 1974; over the course of their stay, she and her
39	39	6 husband visited India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore,
40	40	7 Penang, Thailand, and Hong Kong, often bringing one or two of
41	41	8 their young children with them; and
42	42	9 WHEREAS, Veronica Mulholand Brown settled in Springfield,
43	43	10 Illinois in 1979; she and her husband built a trio of general
44	44	11 practitioner medical practices, and she served as head RN of
45	45	12 those offices in Springfield, Riverton, and Illiopolis; she
46	46	13 concluded her medical career as chief of nurses at the
47	47	14 Springfield Presbyterian Home before retiring at age 75; and
48	48	15 WHEREAS, Veronica Mulholand Brown continued traveling with
49	49	16 her husband in retirement; they visited Ireland, England,
50	50	17 Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria,
51	51	18 Germany, France, and Morocco, and she loved regaling listeners
52	52	19 with her adventures; she enjoyed spending time with her
53	53	20 beloved cats, Big Cat, Rajah, and Autumn Sunflower, and
54	54	21 tending to her 1-acre yard; she was an avid reader of books and
55	55	22 adored devouring her weekly issue of The New Yorker; and
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66	66	1 WHEREAS, Veronica Mulholand Brown was an advocate for
67	67	2 women's rights, special education, LGBTQ equality, and support
68	68	3 for shelter animals; she will be remembered as a fiercely
69	69	4 intelligent, curious, and graceful woman who lived a full and
70	70	5 dignified life; and
71	71	6 WHEREAS, Veronica Mulholand Brown was preceded in death by
72	72	7 her parents; her husband of 56 years; and her older sisters,
73	73	8 Patricia Lewis, Noreen Smith, and Eileen Marcella Lowery; and
74	74	9 WHEREAS, Veronica Mulholand Brown is survived by her
75	75	10 children, Neil Mulholand Brown, Brendan Jerome Brown, Caitlin
76	76	11 Veronica (Brown) Horton, and Terence Daley Brown; her
77	77	12 daughter-in-law, Julie Refine Brown; her sisters, Sharon Groen
78	78	13 and Kathleen Funke; her grandchildren, Jourdan K. Horton,
79	79	14 Veronica R. Horton, Andrew J. Cline, Anna K. Brown, Neil R.
80	80	15 Brown, and Clare V. Brown; her great-grandson, Archie; and
81	81	16 several beloved nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
82	82	17 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
83	83	18 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
84	84	19 we mourn the passing of Clementina Veronica Mulholand Brown
85	85	20 and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and
86	86	21 all who knew and loved her; and be it further
87	87	22 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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