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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Robert
4McCarthy of Decatur; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Robert McCarthy represented the Decatur area as an
6Illinois State Representative for 22 years; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Robert McCarthy volunteered Decatur to receive
8presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in the fall of 1959
9after other Illinois cities had passed; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Robert McCarthy served as an Illinois State
11Senator for 16 years, beginning the year John Kennedy became
12President; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Robert McCarthy worked alongside numerous
14prominent leaders in Illinois history, including Alan Dixon,
15Paul Simon, and Dick Durbin; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18mourn the passing of Robert McCarthy, and extend our sincere
19condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
20him; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Robert McCarthy as an expression of
3our deepest sympathy.