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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 Lloyd Maday, who died peacefully, |
| 4 | | surrounded by family and friends, after a 2-year battle with |
| 5 | | cardiac amyloidosis; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lloyd Maday was born and raised in Evanston, the |
| 7 | | youngest of 6 boys; he worked as a produce manager at a |
| 8 | | neighborhood grocery store before graduating from St. George |
| 9 | | High School in Evanston; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, At the age of 19, Lloyd Maday and his brother |
| 11 | | opened Maday Brothers Auto Service at Central Street and |
| 12 | | Broadway Avenue in Evanston in 1951; 3 of his brothers worked |
| 13 | | with him at the auto shop; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Lloyd Maday was married in 1960 after a whirlwind |
| 15 | | engagement and lived in Chicago for 6 years before settling in |
| 16 | | Evanston; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Lloyd Maday and the shop became fixtures in the |
| 18 | | community, highlighted by Maday coaching in Little League, |
| 19 | | coaching football and baseball at St. Athanasius Grade School |
| 20 | | in Evanston, and mentoring young people interested in cars, all |
| 21 | | while remaining a committed husband and strong father to his |
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| 1 | | children; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Lloyd Maday taught friends, family, and customers |
| 3 | | about the basics and intricacies of automobiles with an |
| 4 | | unmatched zeal and familiarity, but also about the importance |
| 5 | | of maintaining a strong character and resolve; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Maday Brothers Auto Service still stands on the |
| 7 | | same corner, though it was sold by Lloyd Maday to one of his |
| 8 | | longtime employees upon his retirement in 1999; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lloyd Maday was preceded in death by his son, |
| 10 | | John, and his 5 brothers; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Lloyd Maday will be remembered, celebrated, and |
| 12 | | missed by his wife, Kathleen; 2 sons, Terry and Bill; 4 |
| 13 | | daughters, Maureen Frazell, Liz Brieva, Katie Mohajir, and |
| 14 | | Peggy Martin; and 29 grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
| 17 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Lloyd Maday and honor |
| 18 | | his life; and be it further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the family of Lloyd Maday as an expression of our |