Full Text of HR1217 96th General Assembly
HR1217 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
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| Moran of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Kevin Moran was born on July 4, 1921, in | 6 |
| Ballyhaunis, in County Mayo, Ireland; as a teenager, he left | 7 |
| Ireland for England to work construction jobs during World War | 8 |
| II; he also did stints as a radio operator in Ireland's army | 9 |
| and in the Irish Post Office; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1949, Kevin Moran moved to Chicago to live with | 11 |
| his cousins, the O'Dwyers; shortly after moving to Chicago, he | 12 |
| met Christine O'Neill; the couple married in 1954 and began | 13 |
| having children and moving the family back and forth from | 14 |
| Ireland to Chicago over the years, ultimately settling in | 15 |
| Chicago in 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, Kevin Moran worked for many years in the | 17 |
| construction industry; during his career, he worked on the | 18 |
| Willis Tower, the Aon Center, and numerous other buildings in | 19 |
| Chicago; he was well known by his peers for his artful, | 20 |
| expertly-crafted woodwork and his constant pursuit of | 21 |
| perfection in his work; he also traveled the country, working | 22 |
| on carpentry and construction projects in his children's and |
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| grandchildren's homes in Illinois, California, and Kentucky; | 2 |
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| WHEREAS, Kevin Moran was also well known by his family and | 4 |
| friends for his fierce loyalty to his family, his homeland of | 5 |
| Ireland, the United States, the Carpenters Union Local 13, and | 6 |
| the Democratic Party; he also enjoyed Irish culture and music, | 7 |
| particularly the concerts given by his youngest sons, and | 8 |
| arguing about politics, religion, and world history; and
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| WHEREAS, Kevin Moran is survived by his wife, Christine; | 10 |
| his sons, Patrick, Kevin, and Jackie; his daughters, Mary | 11 |
| Buckley, Fionnuala Wagner, Chistine Martin, Kathleen Welch, | 12 |
| Deirdre Pallasch, and Eileen Robertson; and his brother, | 13 |
| Gerald; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Kevin | 17 |
| Moran; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Kevin Moran as an expression of our | 20 |
| sympathy.
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