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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 David G. Dominguez of Johnsburg, formerly 
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of Chicago, who passed away on April 1, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born June 30, 1944, in Chicago, to Gilbert 
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and Eusebia nee Hernandez Dominguez; he was a member of the 
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Richard M. Daley Drum & Bugle Corps; he graduated from the 
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University of Illinois with a degree in industrial engineering 
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and received his M.B.A. from Northwestern University; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a former employee of Baxter & Abbott 
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Laboratories for many years; he served as a Johnsburg trustee 
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from 1989 to 1997 and as Village President from 1997 until his 
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death, serving always to promote the betterment of the 
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community he loved; he was nominated by the Johnsburg Lions 
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Club and recently had received the Citizen of the Year Award; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a longtime member of St. John the Baptist 
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Catholic Church in Johnsburg, where he was a former CCD teacher 
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and member of Johnsburg Community Club; a former Boy Scouts of 
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America troop leader; and he had served on the Johnsburg 
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Educational Partnership Board of Directors; he enjoyed 
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gardening and loved spending time with his family and dear 
 


 






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friends; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; two 
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brothers-in-law; and by his in-laws, Gayle Gerstung and Ralph 
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Gerstung; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He will be greatly missed by his wife, Sue 
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Dominguez nee Gerstung, with whom he was united in marriage 
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January 9, 1971, in Chicago; his children, Michael (Dawn) 
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Dominguez, Aaron (fiancée Valerie Haft) Dominguez, and 
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Christen Schacht; his grandchildren, Kenndra, Morgan, Devynn, 
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Sophie, and Charlie; his brother, Paul Dominguez; his sisters, 
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Virginia (Jack) Bennecke, Dolores LaBarbara, and Sabina (John) 
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Mazzio; and his nieces, nephews, cousins, brothers-in-law and 
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sisters-in-law, as well as other relatives and many friends; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 David Dominguez; 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 David Dominguez as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.