SR0364 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Charles Albert Comiskey II of Hinsdale, who passed away on August 26, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II was raised in Hyde Park on Chicago's South Side; he graduated from De La Salle High School, where he played football and baseball; he then attended the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, where he also played football; after college, he enlisted in the United States Navy; and

WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II joined the Chicago White Sox organization after the death of his father in 1939; he was appointed vice president in 1948, becoming a key figure in the ascension of the Chicago White Sox, which rose to greatness during the 1950s; and

WHEREAS, In 1955, Charles Albert Comiskey II became co-general manager of the Chicago White Sox; after the death of his mother in 1956, a struggle for control of the team ensued, with him losing majority ownership in 1958; he relinquished his stake in the White Sox in 1962; and

WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II was married for 57 years to Donna Jo Curran Comiskey; the couple raised their family in Hinsdale, where he became active in local real estate after selling his interest in the White Sox; he developed an office building and a subdivision in Hinsdale, along with numerous other projects in Oak Brook and Tucson, Arizona; during the early 1970s, he owned and operated Carriage Transfer, a Hinsdale taxi and limousine company; and

WHEREAS, Even after relinquishing control of the organization, Charles Albert Comiskey II remained a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan and season-ticket holder and was ecstatic about the White Sox winning the World Series in 2005; and

WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II is survived by his wife, Donna Jo; his children, Charles A. Comiskey III, Francis "Beau" Comiskey, Colleen Comiskey Kelley, and Patti Comiskey Slaga; and his grandchildren, Carolyn, Meghan, Sarah Hope, Alison and Patrick Kelley, and Charlie IV and Mead Comiskey; and

WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II will be remembered by all who knew and loved him as a warm and gregarious man who loved to tell stories to all he knew; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Charles Albert Comiskey II; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Charles Albert Comiskey II as an expression of our sympathy.