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90_HR0278
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mr.
4 James J. McCabe, Sr., of Chicago, Illinois, who passed away
5 on May 11, 1997 at Riverside Hospital in Kankakee, Illinois;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, James McCabe was born in Jacksonville, Illinois,
8 and raised on a farm in nearby Winchester in Scott County;
9 after his graduation from Winchester High School in 1936, he
10 began working as an electrician in central and southern
11 Illinois with the Rural Electrification Administration,
12 helping to bring electricity to rural areas that previously
13 had no electrical service; and
14 WHEREAS, After the events in Pearl Harbor, James McCabe
15 enlisted in the United States Navy, in St. Louis, Missouri,
16 in 1942; he was trained at the Great Lakes Training Center in
17 North Chicago, Illinois and then transferred to the Navy
18 Training Center located at Chicago Vocational High, where he
19 met and courted a civilian Navy employee, Marjorie Rooney;
20 James and Marjorie were married in Boston, Massachusetts, on
21 March 3, 1943; and
22 WHEREAS, After the conclusion of World War II, James
23 McCabe returned to Chicago and joined the International
24 Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local #134, to continue
25 using the skills he had learned with the Rural
26 Electrification Administration and the Navy; in 1948, he
27 joined the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, for what would
28 become a distinguished thirty-four year career; James went on
29 to rise through the ranks as a lineman, cable splicer,
30 building cable installer, and finally becoming supervisor of
31 major construction projects such as the University of
32 Illinois Circle Campus and the Sears Tower; James McCabe
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1 received recognition for bringing projects in under budget
2 and for surpassing injury free goals on construction sites;
3 and
4 WHEREAS, James McCabe retired from Illinois Bell Company
5 in 1981 but continued his lifelong devotion as a community
6 volunteer and maintained his status as a neighborhood
7 handyman; and
8 WHEREAS, Mr. McCabe was deeply saddened at the death of
9 his beloved Marjorie in February of 1993, never recovering
10 from his heartbreak until he rejoined her in death; and
11 WHEREAS, The passing of James McCabe will be deeply felt
12 by his family, friends, and co-workers; he leaves to remember
13 him his sons, James, Thomas, and John; their wives Donna,
14 Juanita, and Nancy; his grandchildren, Renee, Sarah, Michael,
15 James, Thomas, Melissa, Matthew, and James; his
16 great-grandchild, Jamie; his brother, John; his sisters, Mary
17 and Anne; and also surviving is Robert W. Parrillo, his wife,
18 Emma, and their five children, Robert, Christopher, Thomas,
19 Gabrielle, and James; Mr. McCabe's late wife had raised Mr.
20 Parrillo as a young boy, and the Parrillo family is grief
21 stricken at the loss of their adoptive father and
22 grandfather; therefore, be it
23 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
24 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
25 note with sadness and regret the death of Mr. James J.
26 McCabe, Sr., and we extend our sincere sympathy to his family
27 and friends; and be it further
28 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
29 presented to the family of James McCabe with our sincere
30 condolences.