Full Text of HR0597 96th General Assembly
HR0597 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Edward P. | | 4 |
| Morrissey of Chicago, who passed away on August 2, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 1961 graduate of Loyola Academy in | | 6 |
| Wilmette, where he was co-captain of the football team; he | | 7 |
| joined the Jesuit Society of Jesus from 1961 to 1968; during | | 8 |
| his time in the Jesuit seminary at Milford, Ohio, he obtained a | | 9 |
| bachelor degree in Classics (Latin and Greek); he taught | | 10 |
| English and Sociology at St. Xavier High School and coached | | 11 |
| soccer during this time; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Boston College in 1967 with a | | 13 |
| degree in Philosophy; he received his Juris Doctor in 1974 from | | 14 |
| Creighton University Law School in Omaha, Nebraska; he | | 15 |
| practiced law in Elmhurst and was a Cook County Assistant | | 16 |
| State's Attorney before marrying Elsie (Campbell) in 1984; he | | 17 |
| practiced family law in Sandwich for 22 years; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1994, he ran for Circuit Court Judge for the | | 19 |
| 16th Judicial Circuit and for De Kalb County State's Attorney | | 20 |
| in 1996; in 2006, he made a career change to teach Latin at | | 21 |
| Aurora Central Catholic High School; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Dennis J. | | 2 |
| and Margaret (Scott) Morrissey; and his brother, John | | 3 |
| (Georgann) Morrissey; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward Morrissey is survived by his beloved wife | | 5 |
| of 25 years, Elsie (Campbell); his children, Carrie (John) | | 6 |
| Libetti, Clete Campbell, Clayton Campbell, Paul, Dorothy, and | | 7 |
| Laura Morrissey; his wife's nephew, Paul Sipes; his four | | 8 |
| siblings, Mary (Robert) Moroney, Joseph (Joan) Morrissey, | | 9 |
| Dennis (Helen) Morrissey, and Richard (Althea) Morrissey; | | 10 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | | 12 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | | 13 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Edward | | 14 |
| Morrissey; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 16 |
| presented to the family of Edward Morrissey as a symbol of our | | 17 |
| sincere sympathy.
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