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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Joseph B. McGuan, who passed away in 
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April of 2006; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Joseph B. McGuan was born October 19, 1944 in 
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Morris, Illinois; his parents were Bernard E. and Elzena 
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Fordyce McGuan; he attended St. Bede Academy in Peru, Illinois, 
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as a boarding student until his graduation in 1962; and
 
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    WHEREAS, After graduation, he returned to Morris to work on 
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the family farm and was also employed at the Caterpillar 
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Tractor Company in Joliet; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In June of 1963, Joseph McGuan enlisted in the 
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United States Marine Corps under the delayed entry program; he 
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reported to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, 
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California in October of 1963; he graduated boot camp on 
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January 8, 1964 with Second Battalion, Platoon 281; he went on 
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to proudly serve his country in the Vietnam War; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After returning to the United States, Joseph 
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McGuan attended Drill Instructors School at the Marine Corps 
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Recruit Depot at Parris Island, South Carolina; he worked as a 
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drill instructor at Parris Island until his release from active 
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duty in 1967; on June 26, 1969, he received his honorable 
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discharge from the Marine Corps; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Joseph McGuan returned to work on the family farm, 
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and completed his apprenticeship with the International Union 
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of Operating Engineers; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Joseph McGuan was a lifetime member of the 
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Immaculate Conception Church in Morris, and he worked as a 
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volunteer coach for the Catholic Youth Football team of 
 


 






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Immaculate Conception School from 1977 to 1983; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1992, while working at the Chrysler Plant in 
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Belvidere, he met a Marine who introduced him to the Marine 
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Corps League; he decided to see if there was enough interest in 
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forming a detachment of the Marine Corps League in DeKalb 
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County; and
 
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    WHEREAS, He  contacted Marines throughout the county and 
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held several meetings before the DeKalb County Marines 
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Detachment #847-Marine Corps League received their charter in 
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April of 1993; he was a life member of the Marine Corps League 
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and the DeKalb County Chapter of VietNow; he was a member of 
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the Military Order of Devil Dogs, the Catholic War Veterans, 
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the Third Marine Division Association, the Northern Illinois 
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Veterans Activities Committee, the Veterans of Foreign Wars 
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Post #8387, and the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial Vigil 
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Committee (Springfield); he had served as the Chairman of the 
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Department of Illinois POW/MIA Committee and the Chairman of 
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the National POW/MIA Committee; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Joseph McGuan was the loving husband of Renee and 
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the loving father of Jeff and Shawn; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family, friends, and fellow Marines, the passing of Joseph 
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B. McGuan; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Joseph McGuan.