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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 J.M. "Sully" Sullivan of Peoria, who |
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| passed away on March 31, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born to H.T. "Tommy" and Colleen Kelleher |
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| Sullivan in Peoria on Easter Sunday; he grew up in St. |
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| Patrick's Parish, where he received his First Communion from |
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| Bishop Fulton J. Sheen; he then became a member of Sacred Heart |
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| Church; and
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| WHEREAS, He was in the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) in Dak |
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| To, Vietnam, and in the 18th Airborne Corps, United States |
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| Army; he attended Illinois State University, where he founded |
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| the Gamma Sigma Nu Fraternity, which later became the Sigma Nu |
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| Fraternity; after college, he worked in pubs and in wholesale |
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| in Bloomington; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1979, he moved back to Peoria and founded his |
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| first two bars, Sully's Beach Club and Sully's Irish Pub, both |
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| of which were located in Peoria Heights; subsequently, he |
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| founded Sully's Pub and Cafe on Adams Street, Champions on |
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| Farmington Road, Sullivan Rock Cafe on Sterling Avenue, Texas |
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| Cafe on North Adams Street, Sullivan's Other Planet (SOP), ZZ |
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| Pops on Main Street, and Khaki Jacks on Allen Road, and also |
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| served as sales manager for the Peoria Rivermen hockey team; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, In 1998, he met his wife, Molly (Mihm) and they |
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| were married on May 20, 2006; together, they re-established |
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| Sullivan's Pub on Main Street and F. Scott's Whiskey Bar on |
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| Jefferson Street; in 2008, they established Sullivan's in |
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| Peoria Heights; over the years, they also designed and |
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| decorated other Peoria restaurants; and
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| WHEREAS, J.M. "Sully" Sullivan is survived by his wife, |
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| Molly (Mihm) Sullivan; his daughter, Becky (Jim) Myszka and |
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| their four children, Matt, Ben, Katie, and John; his mother, |
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| Colleen; his sisters, Maureen (Brice) Baumgarten, Dodie |
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| (Steve) Gomer, Margaret (Chuck) Walter, Becky (John) Blasek, |
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| Tracy (John) Meisinger, Susie Blasek, Mary (Danny) Arnold, and |
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| Colleen (Dave) DeFord; and his brother, Pat (Lark); also |
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| surviving are his beloved nieces and nephews and their |
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| families; 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 J.M. Sullivan; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |