Full Text of SR0630 95th General Assembly
SR0630 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
James A. Murphy, formerly of Geneva and | 4 |
| West Chicago, who passed away on March 11, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, James A. Murphy was born on February 28, 1928 in | 6 |
| Aurora; he was the son of John A. and Florence (Reiser) Murphy; | 7 |
| he married Marlene Johnson in 1954 during a ceremony at St. | 8 |
| Peter's Catholic Church in Geneva; and
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| WHEREAS, James A. Murphy served during in the United States | 10 |
| Army during the Korean Conflict as a member of the 45th Signal | 11 |
| Division; and
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| WHEREAS, James A. Murphy was an active local volunteer with | 13 |
| the American Legion Post 300 in West Chicago and had served as | 14 |
| a past commander; he was also a member of the Phoenix Club in | 15 |
| Aurora; and
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| WHEREAS, James A. Murphy served his community as a member | 17 |
| of the West Chicago School Board and as an Alderman in West | 18 |
| Chicago; he was also a trustee on the Kane County Regional | 19 |
| Board of Schools; and
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| WHEREAS, James A. Murphy was preceded in death by his |
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| parents; his mother and father-in-law, Ture and Agnes Johnson; | 2 |
| his sisters, Jean Smith and Jane Pesetski; his brother, Joseph | 3 |
| Murphy; and his brothers-in-law, James Smith, Peter Pesetski, | 4 |
| and Paul Bruhanke; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, James A. Murphy is survived by his wife, Marlene; | 6 |
| his children, Jay (Julie) Murphy, Jalene (James) | 7 |
| Murphy-Swoveland, Joel (Diane) Murphy of Oswego and Jill | 8 |
| (Daniel) Murphy-Nippert of Geneva; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of James A. Murphy; and be | 12 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of James A. Murphy as an expression of | 15 |
| our sympathy.
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