SR0006 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Laurence A. "Larry" Dondanville of Deerfield, who passed away on January 1, 2023; and

WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville was born in Rock Island to Dr. Laurence and Eva (Ender) Dondanville on March 28, 1928 and was raised in Moline; he attended St. Ambrose Academy in Davenport, Iowa and graduated from Purdue University in 1950 with a degree in civil engineering; he was inducted into the U.S. Army and used his civil engineering skills as a corporal in a topographic battalion in the Philippines from 1950 to 1952; the following year, he married Rose Mary Lacey in Washington, D.C., and they moved to Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville moved his family to Deerfield in 1956 onto the land where his mother had grown up and that had been in his family since 1901; he designed the plans and oversaw the construction of their home, where he lived for the next 62 years; and

WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville worked at De Leuw, Cather & Company, a Chicago-based consulting engineering firm; he had a successful career as a civil engineer and worked on projects around the world, including the suspension bridge across the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Turkey, the Kuwait and Abu Dhabi Motorway Systems, the Sydney and Perth Australia Expressway Systems, and the Mass Rapid Transit Rail Systems in Singapore and Taipei; and

WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville enjoyed traveling with his friends and family in his retirement and took his family on trips to Hawaii, Europe, Alaska, and the Caribbean; and

WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville was a man of many talents and was dedicated to his community; he was proud to be descended from the founders of Deerfield who donated much to the building of Holy Cross Catholic Parish, the rectory, church, and school; he kept his yard impeccably maintained and was actively engaged in the village; he was also deeply interested in his family history and kept genealogy records for decades, eventually creating a website to connect the Dondanville family worldwide; and

WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville was preceded in death by his wife, Rose Mary; his parents; his brother, Dr. Louis Dondanville; and his sister, Patricia Fieweger; and

WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville is survived by his daughters, Margaret (Keith Cooley), Jeanne Kodner, and Catherine (Dave Karam); his son, Larry Jr. (Cathy); his grandchildren, Luke, Colleen, Sean, Lindsey, and Kevin; his great-grandchildren, Roya, Isabelle, Rowan, and Fiona; his sister, Catherine Dondanville; his brother, John (Maureen) Dondanville; and numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Laurence A. "Larry" Dondanville and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Larry Dondanville as an expression of our deepest sympathy.