Full Text of SR0620 96th General Assembly
SR0620 96TH 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 T. Sweeney of Crest Hill, who | 4 |
| passed away on February 1, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born October 8, 1945, and married Charlene | 6 |
| Hanus on August 27, 1977 at St. Stephen Catholic Church in | 7 |
| Joliet; he was an avid reader and air show enthusiast; he | 8 |
| enjoyed vacationing in the Smoky Mountains and visiting Army, | 9 |
| Air Force, and Navy military bases; and
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| WHEREAS, He was retired from the United States Army, | 11 |
| serving in Vietnam from September 28, 1966 thru November 27, | 12 |
| 1967; February 16, 1968 thru May 12, 1968; and December 11, | 13 |
| 1969 thru November 15, 1970; he also served in Indochina and | 14 |
| Korea; he proudly served with the 1st Cavalry Division, 101st | 15 |
| Airborne Division, and 1st Aviation Brigade; and
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| WHEREAS, He was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal with 1 | 17 |
| Silver Service Star; Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 Device, | 18 |
| National Defense Service Medal; 3 O/S Bars; Air Medal (5th | 19 |
| Award); Aircraft Crewman Badge; Army Commendation Medal; | 20 |
| Meritorious Unit Citation; Bronze Star Medal; Good Conduct | 21 |
| Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea); Marksman | 22 |
| Badge with Rifle Bar (M-16); VSM; NDSM; Air Medal Aircraft |
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| Crewman Badge; VCM; 2 O/S Bars; and MM (Rifle M-14); and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, He was employed by Molex as a Quality Assurance | 3 |
| Technician and The Labor Record as a Bookkeeper; he was a | 4 |
| member of the V.F.W. Cantigny Post 367, 1st Cavalry Division, | 5 |
| 101st Airborne Division, Association of the United States Army, | 6 |
| and Vietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and | 8 |
| Dorothy (nee Jay) Sweeney; his sister, Jean Honig; his brother, | 9 |
| Henry "Hank" Sweeney; his brothers-in-law, Robert Honig Sr. and | 10 |
| Wolfgang "Rick" Short; his nephews, Sean Sweeney and Robert | 11 |
| Honig Jr.; his father-in-law Charles Hanus Sr.; and his | 12 |
| mother-in-law, Ann Hanus; and
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| WHEREAS, James T. Sweeney is survived by his loving wife of | 14 |
| 32 years, Charlene (nee Hanus); his daughter, Jennifer (Michael | 15 |
| Yurkovich) Sweeney; his son, James Sweeney Jr.; his beloved | 16 |
| canine companions, Tiffany, Dixie, and Tucker; his two sisters, | 17 |
| Joyce (Raymond) Matkovic and Mary Ellen Short; his | 18 |
| sister-in-law, Mary Jean Sweeney and brother-in-law, Charles | 19 |
| (Christina) Hanus Jr.; and numerous nieces and nephews; | 20 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 22 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of James T. Sweeney; and be | 2 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of James T. Sweeney as a symbol of our | 5 |
| sincere sympathy.
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