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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 Richard F. Curran, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | June 18, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Richard Curran was born on March 25, 1927 in | ||||||
| 6 | Dixon; his parents were Harold and Anne (nee Fielding) Curran; | ||||||
| 7 | he was a longtime resident of the Joliet area and formerly | ||||||
| 8 | lived in Dixon, Sterling, Freeport, and Plainfield; he and his | ||||||
| 9 | wife also enjoyed 20 years of retirement wintering in Siesta | ||||||
| 10 | Key, Florida; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Richard Curran served his country as a member of | ||||||
| 12 | the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War; | ||||||
| 13 | and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Richard Curran graduated from Aquin High School in | ||||||
| 15 | 1944 and attended Loras College; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Richard Curran served as President of the Will | ||||||
| 17 | County Municipal League; he considered being one of the active | ||||||
| 18 | participants in the development of Interstate 355 Veterans | ||||||
| 19 | Parkway connecting Interstate 55 and Interstate 80 to be among | ||||||
| 20 | his greatest accomplishments; he was a founding member of the | ||||||
| 21 | West Jefferson Business Association; he also served as a Joliet | ||||||
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| 1 | City Councilman from 1963 to 1971 and a member of the District | ||||||
| 2 | 86 Board of Education from 1955 to 1961, serving as the Board's | ||||||
| 3 | President from 1958 to 1961; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Richard Curran was an active member of the | ||||||
| 5 | Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus, where he served as head | ||||||
| 6 | usher for many years; he was also a member of the Joliet Rotary | ||||||
| 7 | Club for over 30 years; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Richard Curran was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 9 | parents and a brother, Dr. Eugene (Germaine) Curran; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Richard Curran is survived by his beloved wife, | ||||||
| 11 | Priscilla (nee McKewan) Curran; 4 children, Kathleen (James) | ||||||
| 12 | Schlesser, Michael (Colleen) Curran, Jane (William) Purpura, | ||||||
| 13 | and Timothy Curran; 8 grandchildren, Jay Schlesser, Katy Law, | ||||||
| 14 | Andrew Schlesser, Steve Schlesser, John Curran, Daniel Curran, | ||||||
| 15 | Kelly Curran, and Patti Purpura; 5 great-grandchildren; a | ||||||
| 16 | sister, Julianne "Julie" (the late John) Heilman; and many | ||||||
| 17 | nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 20 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Richard F. Curran; and | ||||||
| 21 | be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Richard Curran as an expression of | ||||||
| 3 | our sympathy.
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