Full Text of HR0284 96th General Assembly
HR0284 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 Thomas J. | 4 |
| Hanahan of Prescott, Arizona, formerly of McHenry, who passed | 5 |
| away on April 3, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas J. Hanahan was born in Chicago; he always | 7 |
| lived each day to the fullest, enjoying traveling, woodworking | 8 |
| and carpentry, golfing, sailing, cooking (Brigidini's and | 9 |
| Irish Soda Bread were his specialty), and spending quality time | 10 |
| with his family; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended St. Ignatius High School in Chicago | 12 |
| and graduated from the Carpenter's Apprentice School as | 13 |
| journeyman carpenter; he served his country from 1951 to 1953 | 14 |
| in the United States Navy Seabees in the Korean War; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1964 he was elected to the Illinois State | 16 |
| Legislature on an at-large ballot and served the citizens of | 17 |
| Illinois for 18 years; he is best remembered as a strong | 18 |
| champion for labor issues during his tenure in the legislature; | 19 |
| he served as the State Chair for the Young Democrats for the | 20 |
| State of Illinois, and was honored to serve as a delegate to | 21 |
| the Democratic National Convention in 1968 and again in 1972; | 22 |
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| WHEREAS, He worked his way up through the ranks of the | 2 |
| International United Brotherhood of Carpenters with the high | 3 |
| point serving as Vice President of the Executive Board; he was | 4 |
| a 50-plus year active member of both the United Brotherhood of | 5 |
| Carpenters Union and the Knights of Columbus; he served as a | 6 |
| Grand Knight of the Thomas D. Reilly Council 10668, Hilton Head | 7 |
| Island, South Carolina, as a Faithful Navigator of the Hilton | 8 |
| Head Assembly of the 4th Degree, and as District Director for | 9 |
| the state of South Carolina; he was a current member of the | 10 |
| Prescott American Legion Post 6 and of Yavapai Council 1032 | 11 |
| Knights of Columbus; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Hanahan is survived by his beloved wife, | 13 |
| Sandee (Schweighart); and his four children, Thomas
J. Hanahan | 14 |
| III, Karen Holycross and husband, Dan, Connie Molland and | 15 |
| husband, Rick, and David Hanahan; his grandchildren, Sarah Bo | 16 |
| Morel and husband, Brian and Lindsay Street and husband, Henry | 17 |
| Ryan; his great-grandchildren, Aiden and Sophia Morel; his | 18 |
| mother, Madeline Hanahan; his brothers, Bob Hanahan and wife, | 19 |
| Ida and Phil Hanahan and fiancee, Carole; and his sister, | 20 |
| Marilyn Ferro and husband, Enrique; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 23 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of former |
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| State Representative Thomas Hanahan; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to the family of Thomas Hanahan as a symbol of our | 4 |
| sincere sympathy.
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