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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
James E. Wright of Waukegan, who passed |
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| away on October 23, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright was born February 12, 1935 in |
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| Waukegan; his parents were Edward J. and Ethel (nee Sheridan) |
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| Wright; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright attended Immaculate Conception |
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| Grade School; he graduated from Waukegan Township High School |
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| in 1953; he attended Marquette University for one year on a |
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| football scholarship; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright served in the United States Army |
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| and was stationed in Germany; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright had worked as a postman for the |
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| Waukegan Post Office; he also served for 43 years in the |
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| Traffic Control Department in the City of Waukegan Public Works |
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| Department; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright played football and softball and |
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| coached St. Anastasia Schools football team under coach Marvin |
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| Ross for 13 years; he was a member of the John Clark PTA Board |
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| and the CAC Board for District 60; he was also Cubmaster for |
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| John Clark Grade School; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright was preceded in death by his |
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| parents, Edward J. and Ethel (nee Sheridan) Wright; his first |
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| wife, Audrey C. Duszynski; his brother, Philips Wright; and his |
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| cousin, Lucile Wright; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright is survived by his wife of 42 |
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| years, Betty Rosengren Wright; his children, Leon (Lisa), Joe |
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| (Annette), Jean (Don) Bahe, Joan Wright, and James C. Wright; |
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| and his grandchildren, Jeffrey, Lauren, Jake and Matthew |
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| Wright, Austin, Sarah and Emily Bahe, and Michael Duffy; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of James E. Wright; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of James E. Wright as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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