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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of
Joseph J. Broderick, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | May 3, 2009; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Joseph Broderick was born in Joliet; he was a long | ||||||
| 6 | time resident of Lockport; he had been living in Joliet since | ||||||
| 7 | 1957; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Joseph Broderick was a graduate of Sacred Heart | ||||||
| 9 | (St. Dennis) Grade School and Lockport High School; he attended | ||||||
| 10 | St. Joseph College in Rensselaer, Indiana, for one year, and | ||||||
| 11 | received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Purdue | ||||||
| 12 | University in 1952; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Joseph Broderick retired from Hines VA Hospital in | ||||||
| 14 | February of 2007 after 30 years of dedicated service; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Joseph Broderick was a member of the Old Timers | ||||||
| 16 | Baseball Association, the John Purdue Club, the Moran A.C., and | ||||||
| 17 | the Joliet Moose Lodge #300; he was an avid Purdue football fan | ||||||
| 18 | and was very proud of his Lockport High School Alumni; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Joseph Broderick was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 20 | beloved daughter, Mary Margaret Broderick; his parents, John | ||||||
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| 1 | and Virginia (nee Fitzgerald) Broderick; and his several | ||||||
| 2 | nephews, in-laws, and other family members; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Joseph Broderick was the beloved father of | ||||||
| 4 | Terrence Joseph (Joellen) Broderick, Daniel Francis Broderick, | ||||||
| 5 | and Timothy John (Anna) Broderick and the dearest grandpa of | ||||||
| 6 | Alexandra "Ally", John, Margaret "Maggie", and Daniel | ||||||
| 7 | Broderick; he is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, | ||||||
| 8 | Kathleen "Kate" (nee Fitzgerald) Broderick; his sisters, | ||||||
| 9 | Rosemary (the late Eugene) Cummings and Kathleen (G. David) | ||||||
| 10 | Ross; his brother, Thomas Broderick; his numerous nieces, | ||||||
| 11 | nephews, and cousins; his sister-in-law, Mrs. Art (Mary Lu) | ||||||
| 12 | Silk; and his brother-in-law, William Brown; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 15 | his family and friends, the passing of Joseph J. Broderick; and | ||||||
| 16 | be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Joseph Broderick as an expression of | ||||||
| 19 | our sympathy.
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