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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 Arthur R. Sullivan Jr., who passed away 
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on February 20, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. was born on September 11, 
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1916, in Akron, Ohio; his parents were the late Arthur R. and 
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Marie Violet Sullivan; he married Norma Catherine Dymond on 
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June 21, 1941; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. graduated from Cathedral 
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Latin High School; he served his country with pride and 
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distinction as a member of the United States Army with Company 
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C of the 6th Armored Division during World War II; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. lived in Cleveland, Ohio until 
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1970, when he moved to Wellington, Ohio; from 2008 to 2009, he 
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lived at St. Augustine Manor in Peoria, near his daughter, 
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Nora; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. was employed as a millwright 
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for many years; his last position was with the City of 
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Cleveland, where he worked until his retirement; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. was a member of St. Patrick 
 


 






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Catholic Church in Wellington; he was proud to have served as 
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President of the Northwest Deanery of the Holy Name Society and 
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the Lourdes Academy Father's Club; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. enjoyed traveling the world 
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with his wife, spending time at his small "farm" in Wellington, 
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clearing paths in the woods, and making park-like settings for 
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walks in the woods; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. was preceded in death by his 
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wife, Norma; his grandsons, Patrick Bryk and Michael Sullivan; 
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and his siblings, Robert, Jeanne Forsgren, Joseph O'Sullivan, 
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Thomas, Geraldine Mullen, Raymond, and Kevin; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. is survived by his children, 
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Arthur III, Mary Bryk, Nora (David) Koehler, Rae, Theresa 
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(David) Schramm, and Dan (Terri Meadows); his grandchildren, 
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Jennifer Bryk (Adam) Hechko, Jackie Bryk, Jaime Bryk (Britt) 
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Vanchura, Josie Bryk, Jodie Bryk, Kate Koehler (Jay) Pastucha, 
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Maggie Sullivan Koehler, Lilly Sullivan Koehler, Peter David 
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Schramm, Jacob Schramm, Andrew Schramm, and Wesley Meadows; his 
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great-grandchildren, Caroline, John, and Elizabeth Vanchura, 
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Alexander Hechko, Christian Maynard, and Georgia and Amelia 
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Pastucha; his siblings, Loretta Demaline, Larry Sullivan, 
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Richard Sullivan, and Noreen Sulzer; and his many nieces and 
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nephews; 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 Arthur R. Sullivan Jr.; 
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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 Arthur Sullivan Jr. as an expression 
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of our sympathy.