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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Thomas J. 
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Hanahan of Prescott, Arizona, formerly of McHenry, who passed 
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away on April 3, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Thomas J. Hanahan was born in Chicago; he always 
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lived each day to the fullest, enjoying traveling, woodworking 
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and carpentry, golfing, sailing, cooking (Brigidini's and 
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Irish Soda Bread were his specialty), and spending quality time 
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with his family; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He attended St. Ignatius High School in Chicago 
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and graduated from the Carpenter's Apprentice School as 
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journeyman carpenter; he served his country from 1951 to 1953 
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in the United States Navy Seabees in the Korean War; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1964 he was elected to the Illinois State 
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Legislature on an at-large ballot and served the citizens of 
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Illinois for 18 years; he is best remembered as a strong 
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champion for labor issues during his tenure in the legislature; 
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he served as the State Chair for the Young Democrats for the 
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State of Illinois, and was honored to serve as a delegate to 
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the Democratic National Convention in 1968 and again in 1972; 
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    WHEREAS, He worked his way up through the ranks of the 
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International United Brotherhood of Carpenters with the high 
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point serving as Vice President of the Executive Board; he was 
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a 50-plus year active member of both the United Brotherhood of 
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Carpenters Union and the Knights of Columbus; he served as a 
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Grand Knight of the Thomas D. Reilly Council 10668, Hilton Head 
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Island, South Carolina, as a Faithful Navigator of the Hilton 
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Head Assembly of the 4th Degree, and as District Director for 
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the state of South Carolina; he  was a current member of the 
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Prescott American Legion Post 6 and of Yavapai Council 1032 
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Knights of Columbus; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Thomas Hanahan is survived by his beloved wife, 
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Sandee (Schweighart); and his four children, Thomas

J. Hanahan 
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III, Karen Holycross and husband, Dan, Connie Molland and 
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husband, Rick, and David Hanahan; his grandchildren,  Sarah Bo 
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Morel and husband, Brian and Lindsay Street and husband, Henry 
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Ryan; his great-grandchildren, Aiden and Sophia Morel; his 
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mother, Madeline Hanahan; his brothers, Bob Hanahan and wife, 
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Ida and Phil Hanahan and fiancee, Carole; and his sister, 
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Marilyn Ferro and husband, Enrique; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of former 
 


 






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State Representative Thomas Hanahan; 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 Thomas Hanahan as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.