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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 Russell "Jim" Fay, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on January 10, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, James Fay was born in Joliet on November 17, 1924 | ||||||
| 6 | to William E., Sr. and Helen (nee Maloney) Fay; he graduated | ||||||
| 7 | from St. Raymond's Grammar School in 1938 and attended Joliet | ||||||
| 8 | Catholic High School until 1940; he finished his secondary | ||||||
| 9 | education at Culver Academy, where he graduated as "Best | ||||||
| 10 | All-round Cadet" in 1942; while studying engineering at | ||||||
| 11 | Northwestern University, he was a member of the NROTC, before | ||||||
| 12 | serving as a Naval Officer in the Pacific Theater of Operations | ||||||
| 13 | in World War II, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; in 1948, he | ||||||
| 14 | was awarded a Master of Business Administration by Babson | ||||||
| 15 | College, and, in 1949, he was awarded a Bakery Science Degree | ||||||
| 16 | from the American Institute of Baking; in 1952, he married | ||||||
| 17 | Margaret "Peggy" Cunningham at the Church of St. Raymond; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, James Fay succeeded his father as President of the | ||||||
| 19 | Joliet-based Champion Machinery Company in 1962, serving in | ||||||
| 20 | that capacity for 31 years; in 1993, he became Senior Executive | ||||||
| 21 | Consultant to CMC-America, then under the third-generation | ||||||
| 22 | leadership of his son; in 2011, at the age of 87, he was | ||||||
| 23 | granted a United States Patent for bakery equipment; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, James Fay was actively involved in a 44-year | ||||||
| 2 | Ministry as a Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus Minister of the | ||||||
| 3 | Word; he served as an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist | ||||||
| 4 | for 31 years and with the Visitation of the Sick of his parish; | ||||||
| 5 | he admired and served with dedication in the Cathedral Of Saint | ||||||
| 6 | Raymond St. Vincent de Paul Society and with Meals on Wheels; | ||||||
| 7 | and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, James Fay's civic and community activities | ||||||
| 9 | included board directorships of the Illinois Manufacturer's | ||||||
| 10 | Association, the Will County Manufacturer's Association, the | ||||||
| 11 | Three Rivers Manufacturer's Association, the Joliet Chamber of | ||||||
| 12 | Commerce, the Bakery Equipment Manufacturers Association | ||||||
| 13 | (BEMA), and the International Bakery Industry Exposition and | ||||||
| 14 | serving as Executive Committee Member of the American Society | ||||||
| 15 | of Bakers for 75 years; in 2004, he was presented with BEMA's | ||||||
| 16 | Lifetime Achievement Award; he was a founding member of the | ||||||
| 17 | Joliet Country Club for 64 years and of the Chicago Lake Shore | ||||||
| 18 | Club and Chicago International Club; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, James Fay was preceded in death by his brother, | ||||||
| 20 | William E. "Bill" Fay, Jr. (Margaret Hoover), and his son, | ||||||
| 21 | James Russell Fay, Jr. (Mary Fay, M.D.); and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, James Fay is survived by his wife, Margaret; their | ||||||
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| 1 | children, Patrick, Meagen (William Gunther), Edward (Cathreen | ||||||
| 2 | Clohisy), and Christopher (Milena Villamar); his 13 | ||||||
| 3 | grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | ||||||
| 6 | James Russell "Jim" Fay, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 7 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 8 | further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to the family of James Fay as an expression of our | ||||||
| 11 | deepest sympathy.
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