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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Joseph P. | ||||||
| 4 | Burke of Orland Park, who passed away May 1, 2009; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago's Back of the Yards | ||||||
| 6 | neighborhood; he graduated from the University of Illinois at | ||||||
| 7 | Chicago with a Bachelor's degree in criminal justice and earned | ||||||
| 8 | a Master's degree in criminal justice from Lewis University; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, He met his wife of 34 years, Laura, in high | ||||||
| 11 | school, and the couple lived on the city's Southwest side for | ||||||
| 12 | several years before moving to Orland Park;
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Mr. Burke joined the Chicago Police Department in | ||||||
| 14 | the early 1970s; in addition to working on the DEA and FBI task | ||||||
| 15 | forces, he was also assigned to the cold case squad toward the | ||||||
| 16 | end of his career; after retiring from the Chicago Police | ||||||
| 17 | Department, he went to work for the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 18 | Corrections in 2003, where his most recent position was chief | ||||||
| 19 | of investigations and intelligence; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, During his distinguished 30-year career with the | ||||||
| 21 | Chicago Police Department, he worked on task forces with the | ||||||
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| 1 | Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI's anti-terrorism | ||||||
| 2 | unit, an assignment that took him to Oklahoma City in the | ||||||
| 3 | aftermath of the federal building bombing; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Mr. Burke was a drummer, longtime member, and past | ||||||
| 5 | president of the Bagpipes and Drums of the Emerald Society of | ||||||
| 6 | the Chicago Police Department, a charitable organization | ||||||
| 7 | formed to honor police officers and firefighters killed in the | ||||||
| 8 | line of duty; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Joseph Burke was the beloved husband of Laura J. | ||||||
| 10 | (nee Gleason); the loving father of Erin and Claire; the | ||||||
| 11 | devoted son of the late Joseph P. and Ann (nee Dolan); the dear | ||||||
| 12 | brother of Chicago Alderman Edward M. (Justice Anne M. Burke) | ||||||
| 13 | Burke and Illinois State Representative Daniel Burke; and the | ||||||
| 14 | loving uncle of many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 16 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 17 | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Joseph | ||||||
| 18 | Burke; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Joseph Burke as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 21 | sincere sympathy.
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