Full Text of SR2460 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of John J. Spillane, who passed away at the | 4 | | age of 52; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, John Spillane was born on February 1, 1964 at | 6 | | Loretto Hospital in Chicago to Richard
and Annette (Busse) | 7 | | Spillane, and moved immediately thereafter to Oak Park, where | 8 | | he would live,
work, play and be of service the rest of his | 9 | | life; he was the third of the 11 children, seven boys and four | 10 | | girls, in
the family; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Spillane attended Ascension grade school, | 12 | | graduating in 1978, Oak Park River Forest High School,
| 13 | | graduating in 1982, and the University of Illinois-Chicago, | 14 | | graduating in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science,
having studied | 15 | | finance and management; he was a natural athlete, a wrestler, | 16 | | mathematician and carpenter,
who apprenticed in carpentry at an | 17 | | early age with his grandfather, Raymond Busse; he also played
| 18 | | trombone, including as the first chair at Ascension Grade | 19 | | School under orchestra conductor, Richard
Ramey; he also worked | 20 | | as a home rehabber and carpenter with his father; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, John Spillane suffered from epilepsy as a child | 22 | | and developed an empathy for people and animals in
physical or |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, John Spillane was an accomplished wrestler and | 3 | | often protected and stood up for the weak, young, old,
infirm, | 4 | | and the less fortunate; he was especially loved by the senior | 5 | | citizens of his community, in particular, Rose Breen, who was | 6 | | an Irish immigrant and a survivor of the Irish Potato Famine, | 7 | | and Dorothy
Ross; he advocated successfully for 10 years to | 8 | | require that the utilities responsible for the environmental
| 9 | | contamination of Barrie Park in Oak Park participate in the | 10 | | remediation of the park and surrounding homes; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, John Spillane began his real estate career in | 12 | | 1999, partnering with his brother, William Spillane, to found
| 13 | | Spillane Realty, and with his other brother, Joe Spillane, to | 14 | | rehab many Oak Park homes, always putting quality ahead
of | 15 | | profits; he was a past-president of the Oak Park Board of | 16 | | Realtors and an award-winning Realtor with
RE/MAX Realty; he | 17 | | was inducted into the RE/MAX Hall of Fame; he worked tirelessly | 18 | | to identify those
properties which best suited his clients | 19 | | needs; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, John Spillane was devoted to his wife, Karri, and | 21 | | his daughters, Samantha and Kaitlyn; he was an exuberant
coach | 22 | | and fan of his daughters' soccer and softball teams and will be | 23 | | remembered as a husband and father who
put his family ahead of |
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| 1 | | his career; he greeted his daughters every day with "Good | 2 | | morning, Beautiful"; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, John Spillane was known for his exuberance, humor, | 4 | | helpfulness, generosity, good nature, and conviction;
he was an | 5 | | engaging and enthusiastic storyteller, always touting the | 6 | | strengths of others and remaining humble
about his own | 7 | | achievements; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Spillane was preceded in death by his beloved | 9 | | parents, Richard and Annette, and by his fellow wrestler
and | 10 | | musician brother, Patrick; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Spillane is survived by his wife, Karri | 12 | | (Compton); his daughters, Samantha Mary, and Kaitlyn
Marie; his | 13 | | siblings, Mary Ellen Stauffenberg, Joseph (Kelly), Kathleen | 14 | | (Wesley) Helms, Susan (Jane) Larkin,
Daniel (Betsy), Michael | 15 | | (Gretchen), William (Heidi), Mary Anne, and David (Patrick); | 16 | | his in-laws, Glenn and
Nancy Compton; his brothers-in-law, | 17 | | Glenn (Mary Lou), and Gerry (Greta) Compton; and his many | 18 | | nieces,
nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | John Spillane, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of John Spillane as an expression of | 4 | | our deepest sympathy.
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