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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Carole Jean Kirwan of Ivesdale, who
4 passed away on January 7, 2025; and
5 WHEREAS, Carole Kirwan, the daughter of Clarence and
6 Beulah Webb Blacker, was born in Monticello on September 15,
7 1937; she married Hiram Thomas Kirwan in Monticello on
8 September 25, 1954; and
9 WHEREAS, Carole Kirwan was a member of St. Joseph Catholic
10 Church in Ivesdale, the Altar and Rosary Society, the Women's
11 Club, and the Farm Bureau; she also served as an election judge
12 for Champaign County; and
13 WHEREAS, Carole Kirwan cherished spending time with her
14 family and took great joy in being a devoted grandmother and
15 great-grandmother; and
16 WHEREAS, Carole Kirwan was preceded in death by her
17 parents; her son, Thomas E. Kirwan Jr.; her brother, Gerald
18 Blacker; and her sisters, Marilyn Morrow, Norma K. Davis, and
19 Connie Webber; and
20 WHEREAS, Carole Kirwan is survived by her husband of 70
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1 years, Hiram; her daughters, Cynthia Lawson and Pamela Bailey;
2 four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; therefore, be
3 it
4 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
5 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
6 Carole Jean Kirwan and extend our sincere condolences to her
7 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
8 further
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