Met her a few times when I lived in Berwyn. Politics aside she was a very nice, warm and caring person. I believe she did have the taxpayers In mind with everything she did, she seemed to be a person of integrity and I think the Illinois Republican Party lost part of its character with her passing.
Hope she rests in peace.
I got to know her fairly well in the early to mid 2000s. She was a funny, kind, hard-working lady. She will be missed.