RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Joan McKenna has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of 88; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of her passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Joan McKenna was the much adored mother of Suzanne Sullivan, Karen Sullivan, Joanie Dowdle, Kathleen McKenna, Margaret Smith, Andrew Jr. and William and an extraordinary grandmother; and
WHEREAS, bom, Mary Joan Pickett, a native of Chicago, Joan McKenna grew up in the South Shore neighborhood, graduated from Aquinas High School, attended St. Mary of the Wood College in Indiana before transferring to Mundelein College in Chicago, where she received a bachelor's degree in 1953; and
WHEREAS, Joan McKenna worked in market research for the Container Corporation of America after graduating from college; and
WHEREAS, Joan McKenna married her grammar school classmate, Andrew in 1953, her husband of 66 years, former Me Donald's Corp Chairman and former board member of the Tribune Co.; and
WHEREAS, Joan McKenna was involved in some of the Chicago's most important institutions, serving on the Northwestern University Women's Board, the Field Museum of Natural History's Women's Board and working behind the scenes at the Lyric Opera of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Her love of life and ability to live it to the fullest endeared Joan McKenna to her family members, friends and all who knew her, and enabled her to enrich their lives in ways they will never forget; and
WHEREAS, Joan McKenna and her interest in faith, family and friends ran deep, and she will be dearly missed and fondly remembered by her many relatives, friends and admirers; and
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this twenty-fourth day of July, 2019, do hereby commemorate Joan McKenna for her grace-filled life and do hereby express our condolences to her family; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to'the family o...
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