Full Text of SR1314 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Jerome Herman "Jerry" Onan, who passed | 4 | | away on February 14, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Onan was born in Waukegan to Thomas and | 6 | | Ashen Onan on November 13, 1934; he graduated from St. Joseph | 7 | | Grade School in 1948 and then attended Waukegan Township High | 8 | | School, where he excelled in wrestling and football and his | 9 | | studies; he attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa on | 10 | | an athletic scholarship for wrestling and football; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Onan graduated from Cornell College in 1957 | 12 | | and entered the U.S. Navy in 1958; he attended Officer | 13 | | Candidate School and was commissioned an Ensign; he was sent to | 14 | | the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia and then | 15 | | assigned as Supply Officer USS Forest Royal DD-872; his next | 16 | | assignment was Supply Officer NAS in Lakehurst, New Jersey; he | 17 | | was released from active duty in 1961 with the rank of | 18 | | Lieutenant; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Onan worked in Chicago, New York City, and | 20 | | Florida for the US Testing Company; he resigned to attend the | 21 | | Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where | 22 | | he received a Master of Business Administration; after |
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| 1 | | graduating, he joined the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) | 2 | | in New York City; he eventually returned home and joined his | 3 | | brothers Jim and John at Onan Garages in Waukegan, where he | 4 | | worked for many years; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Onan ran for Mayor of Waukegan in 1989; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Onan practiced Yoga and spent many hours in | 7 | | meditation; he enjoyed gardening and became a Master Gardener | 8 | | through the University of Illinois extension in Grayslake; he | 9 | | also enjoyed intellectual conversation about any topic; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Onan devotedly cared for his mother during | 11 | | her last days; he and his niece Cindy shared a close | 12 | | relationship and collaborated on writing and publishing a book, | 13 | | the Magic of Self-Discipline; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Onan was preceded in death by his brother | 15 | | and sister-in-law, John (Eloise) Onan, and his parents, Thomas | 16 | | and Ashen Onan; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Onan is survived by his brothers and | 18 | | sisters-in-law, Thomas (Harriet) and James (Linda) Onan; his | 19 | | nieces and nephews, Cynthia (Thomas) Cramer, Robert (Amy) Onan, | 20 | | Deborah (Dominic) Vivona, Mary (John) Lohmann, James Onan, John | 21 | | Onan, Joseph (Loretta) Onan, Gina Onan, and Thomas Rocko |
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| 1 | | (Jeanne) Onan; his long-time buddy, Art Wancho; and numerous | 2 | | grandnieces and grandnephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, | 3 | | be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Jerome Herman "Jerry" Onan and extend our sincere condolences | 7 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 8 | | it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Jerry Onan as an expression of our | 11 | | deepest sympathy.
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