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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 James A. Maloof of Peoria, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on January 19, 2013; and
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5 | WHEREAS, James Maloof was born on October 18, 1919, in | ||||||
6 | Peoria to Nimer and Sarah (Zyne) Maloof; he married Gertrude | ||||||
7 | "Trudy" Burson on June 28, 1941, in Peoria; he served in the | ||||||
8 | Air Force during World War II as an Acting Master Sergeant; and
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9 | WHEREAS, After being discharged, he returned to the family | ||||||
10 | dry cleaning business and served as president of Maloof | ||||||
11 | Cleaners from 1946 to 1968; in 1969 he began Jim | ||||||
12 | Maloof/Realtor, which became one of the foremost residential | ||||||
13 | real estate firms in the Peoria area; and
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14 | WHEREAS, James Maloof was an avid athlete; he played in the | ||||||
15 | Sunday Morning Baseball League for years and enjoyed all sports | ||||||
16 | such as baseball, golf, and fishing; he served in various | ||||||
17 | volunteer activities throughout his life, but was best known | ||||||
18 | for his singing; he sang at hundreds of weddings, funerals, | ||||||
19 | with the Peoria Orpheus Club for 22 years, and he led the | ||||||
20 | Annual Journal Star Christmas Sing at the Peoria Courthouse for | ||||||
21 | 4 decades; and
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1 | WHEREAS, James Maloof's crowing achievement was his | ||||||
2 | participation in St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; he was | ||||||
3 | first appointed to the ALSAC/St. Jude Board of Directors in | ||||||
4 | 1958 and continued to serve for the rest of his life; in 1960 | ||||||
5 | he initiated the first St. Jude Teen March, started the Memphis | ||||||
6 | to Peoria Run, and created new methods of reaching people for | ||||||
7 | fundraising such as the St. Jude Telethon in Peoria in 1978; he | ||||||
8 | held or attended thousands of St. Jude benefits locally and | ||||||
9 | nationally, representing St. Jude and raising money in over 35 | ||||||
10 | states throughout the country; and | ||||||
11 | WHEREAS, James Maloof set his sights on the mayorship of | ||||||
12 | Peoria on Thanksgiving Day 1984; he served 3 terms and a total | ||||||
13 | of 12 years; his vision, "Forward Peoria!", consisted of | ||||||
14 | committees of citizens working on various community issues and | ||||||
15 | challenges, which resulted in improvements in the quality of | ||||||
16 | life of those living in Peoria; Peoria was named an all | ||||||
17 | American City by 1989 and again in 1993; after retiring as | ||||||
18 | mayor, Governor Jim Edgar appointed him to the State of | ||||||
19 | Illinois Human Rights Commission, and he was appointed to a | ||||||
20 | second term by Governor George Ryan; and | ||||||
21 | WHEREAS, James Maloof was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
22 | his wife, Gertrude; his brothers, Abraham, Mitchell, and | ||||||
23 | Fredrick Maloof; and his son, Mark; and
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1 | WHEREAS, James Maloof is survived by his sons, J. Michael | ||||||
2 | (Margaret) Maloof and Nicholas (Olga) Maloof; his daughter, | ||||||
3 | Janice Maloof; his grandchildren, Peter Thomas Maloof, Sarah | ||||||
4 | Maloof, Lisa Maloof Hall, Christian Maloof, Katie Maloof, Ethan | ||||||
5 | Maloof, Lydia Maloof, Nick J. Maloof, Micheline Maloof, and | ||||||
6 | Markie-Marie Maloof; his great-grandchildren, Coralie Hall, | ||||||
7 | Iona Hall, Aidan Maloof, Erin Maloof, Meghan Maloof, Stephanie | ||||||
8 | Maloof Britton, and Cassie Maloof Salazar; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
11 | James Maloof, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
12 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
13 | further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of James Maloof as an expression of our | ||||||
16 | deepest sympathy.
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