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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Lawrence G. "Larry" Mais, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on July 8, 2022; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Larry Mais was born to George and Margaret | ||||||
| 6 | (Fuess) Mais in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York on | ||||||
| 7 | September 23, 1925; he was raised during the Great Depression; | ||||||
| 8 | he graduated from John Adams High School; he enlisted in the | ||||||
| 9 | U.S. Army in 1942, was assigned to the 86 Infantry, Black Hawk | ||||||
| 10 | Division, saw action in the Battle of the Bulge, and was | ||||||
| 11 | awarded the Bronze Star for combat actions; after VE Day, he | ||||||
| 12 | was deployed to the Philippines; following his military | ||||||
| 13 | service, he attended Saint John's University on the GI bill, | ||||||
| 14 | attending night school while working during the day, and | ||||||
| 15 | earned his bachelor's degree in English in 1952; he married | ||||||
| 16 | Catherine "Katie" Meehan at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in | ||||||
| 17 | Brooklyn, New York, and they settled in Bellerose, New York | ||||||
| 18 | and had four children; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Larry Mais took a job with Ametek in 1965, moving | ||||||
| 20 | his family from the state of New York to the Quad Cities, where | ||||||
| 21 | they became parishioners at St. Anne's in East Moline; later, | ||||||
| 22 | as his job transferred to San Diego, they became parishioners | ||||||
| 23 | at Our Lady of Grace Parish in El Cajon, California, where he | ||||||
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| 1 | was involved in the food pantry and helping the poor and | ||||||
| 2 | homeless; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, After retirement, Larry Mais and Katie moved back | ||||||
| 4 | to the Quad Cities to live with their daughter, Mary, and be | ||||||
| 5 | near family; they were parishioners at St. Ambrose in Milan | ||||||
| 6 | and St. Pius X in Rock Island; they were also active in the | ||||||
| 7 | food pantry and prison ministry; for their work with the | ||||||
| 8 | prison ministry at the East Moline Correctional Center, they | ||||||
| 9 | were awarded Volunteers of The Year by the State of Illinois; | ||||||
| 10 | and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Larry Mais was known as a man of wit and an | ||||||
| 12 | inspiration to many of his fellow volunteers; he loved reading | ||||||
| 13 | novels, freshwater fishing at Lake Okoboji in Iowa, and | ||||||
| 14 | deep-sea fishing; he was a devoted pipe smoker, a crossword | ||||||
| 15 | puzzle aficionado, and a contract bridge player; he also | ||||||
| 16 | enjoyed participating in local bowling leagues; he was a | ||||||
| 17 | lifelong Brooklyn Dodgers fan until the team moved to the West | ||||||
| 18 | Coast, becoming a New York Mets fan in 1962; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Larry Mais was the father of Tom, Mary Anderson, | ||||||
| 20 | Peggy (Jeff) Kendrick, and Tricia (Bob) Havlir; the | ||||||
| 21 | grandfather of Major Ryan Anderson, Matt (Melanie McKelvey) | ||||||
| 22 | Anderson, Kristin (Terry) Stambaugh, Steve Mais, Bridget Mais, | ||||||
| 23 | M.D., Michael (Rita) Kendrick, Ed.D., Sam (Becky) Kendrick, | ||||||
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| 1 | and George Havlir; and the great-grandfather of Ben Kendrick, | ||||||
| 2 | Ellie Kendrick, Declan Kendrick, Mari Kendrick, and Eryn | ||||||
| 3 | Stambaugh; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 6 | Lawrence G. "Larry" Mais and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 7 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 8 | further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to the family of Larry Mais as an expression of our | ||||||
| 11 | deepest sympathy.
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