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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Fr. John P. Finnegan, who passed away on 
4June 16, 2019; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Fr. Finnegan was born in Chicago to William and 
6Jennie Finnegan on July 8, 1928; he entered St. Mary of the 
7Lake Seminary in Mundelein in 1947; he was ordained a Catholic 
8priest on May 5, 1954; he earned his master's degree from the 
9University of Notre Dame and his doctorate in Greek and Latin 
10from the University of Chicago; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Fr. Finnegan served in the Chicago parishes of Our 
12Lady of Loretto in Hometown and St. Thomas the Apostle in Hyde 
13Park; he also taught Latin at Quigley High School and Niles 
14College; in 1978, he was appointed founding pastor of St. Mary 
15of Vernon in Indian Creek by the late Cardinal Cody; he 
16continued as pastor at St. Mary of Vernon until his retirement 
17in 1998; he also served as Dean of Academics and liaison 
18between Niles College and Loyola University; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS,  After his retirement, Fr. Finnegan spent the next 
2020 years  helping out at various churches in Lake County; he saw 
21the need for expanding the Church's ministry to senior living 
22centers and established Hawthorn Lakes in 1983; he devoted his 
 
 
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1life's work to the Catholic ministry; and
  
 
  
2    WHEREAS, Fr. Finnegan is survived by his siblings, Fr. 
3William Finnegan, Thomas (Toni) Finnegan, and Mary (Jack) 
4Discher; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
7Fr. John P. Finnegan and extend our sincere condolences to his 
8family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
9further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
11presented to the family of Fr. Finnegan as an expression of our 
12deepest sympathy.