File #: 14-4326    Version: 1 Name: IN MEMORY OF AGNES ELIZABETH ‘BETTY’ [SCHEVERS] HAMER
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 7/16/2014 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 7/23/2014 Final action: 7/23/2014
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF AGNES ELIZABETH 'BETTY' [SCHEVERS] HAMER WHEREAS, Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, has taken from our midst Agnes Elizabeth 'Betty' [Schevers] Hamer, born into life on September 16, 1916 and born into eternal life on June 21, 2014, aged 97 years and nine months; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer was born at Chicago's Mercy Hospital in 1916 and lived in the Chicago area for seventy years, residing in St. Martin, St. Dorothy, St. Kilian, Christ the King and St. Germaine parishes; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer was the oldest of four children of James and Agnes Schevers; her father was Past Grand Knight of the Englewood Council of the Knights of Columbus [1923-1924]; Mrs. Hamer was predeceased by her brothers "Bud" [Father Joel Schevers, O.Carm], Richard "Bus" Schevers and her sister Dorothy Cooper; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer graduated from St. Kilian Grammar School [1930] and 'Longwood' Academy of Our Lady [1934] and worked at Commonwealth Edison [1934-1...
Sponsors: ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, EDWIN REYES, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

IN MEMORY OF AGNES ELIZABETH 'BETTY' [SCHEVERS] HAMER

WHEREAS, Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, has taken from our midst Agnes Elizabeth 'Betty' [Schevers] Hamer, born into life on September 16, 1916 and born into eternal life on June 21, 2014, aged 97 years and nine months; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer was born at Chicago's Mercy Hospital in 1916 and lived in the Chicago area for seventy years, residing in St. Martin, St. Dorothy, St. Kilian, Christ the King and St. Germaine parishes; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer was the oldest of four children of James and Agnes Schevers; her father was Past Grand Knight of the Englewood Council of the Knights of Columbus [1923-1924]; Mrs. Hamer was predeceased by her brothers "Bud" [Father Joel Schevers, O.Carm], Richard "Bus" Schevers and her sister Dorothy Cooper; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer graduated from St. Kilian Grammar School [1930] and 'Longwood' Academy of Our Lady [1934] and worked at Commonwealth Edison [1934-1939]; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer married Arthur J. Hamer, a Certified Public Accountant, on her 23rd birthday [September 16, 1939], and Arthur predeceased her in 1973; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer raised six children, Barbara Pinn (Frank), Arthur "Artie" Hamer, Carolyn Doody (Lawrence), Donald Hamer (Geri), Elizabeth O'Connor (John) and Frank Hamer in St. Kilian [Gresham/Brainerd area] and Christ the King [Beverly area] parishes; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer was the grandmother of Larry Doody (Connie), Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (Gerry), Danny Doody, Debbie Furlong (Dennis), Frank Pinn (Liz), Kevin O'Connor (Dawn), Sean O'Connor (Alison); and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer was the proud great grandmother of sixteen: Conor, Liam and Shane Gorman; Riley Doody; Brendan, Matthew and Dennis Furlong; Mary, Frank and John Pinn; and Lilian, Gavin Arthur, Nicholas, Daniel, Cara Elizabeth and Declan O'Connor; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamer was also the cherished sister-in-law of Bernice Mulcahy an...

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