Full Text of SR0657 96th General Assembly
SR0657 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 Arthur R. Sullivan Jr., who passed away | 4 |
| on February 20, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. was born on September 11, | 6 |
| 1916, in Akron, Ohio; his parents were the late Arthur R. and | 7 |
| Marie Violet Sullivan; he married Norma Catherine Dymond on | 8 |
| June 21, 1941; and
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| WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. graduated from Cathedral | 10 |
| Latin High School; he served his country with pride and | 11 |
| distinction as a member of the United States Army with Company | 12 |
| C of the 6th Armored Division during World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. lived in Cleveland, Ohio until | 14 |
| 1970, when he moved to Wellington, Ohio; from 2008 to 2009, he | 15 |
| lived at St. Augustine Manor in Peoria, near his daughter, | 16 |
| Nora; and
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| WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. was employed as a millwright | 18 |
| for many years; his last position was with the City of | 19 |
| Cleveland, where he worked until his retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. was a member of St. Patrick |
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| Catholic Church in Wellington; he was proud to have served as | 2 |
| President of the Northwest Deanery of the Holy Name Society and | 3 |
| the Lourdes Academy Father's Club; and
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| WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. enjoyed traveling the world | 5 |
| with his wife, spending time at his small "farm" in Wellington, | 6 |
| clearing paths in the woods, and making park-like settings for | 7 |
| walks in the woods; and
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| WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. was preceded in death by his | 9 |
| wife, Norma; his grandsons, Patrick Bryk and Michael Sullivan; | 10 |
| and his siblings, Robert, Jeanne Forsgren, Joseph O'Sullivan, | 11 |
| Thomas, Geraldine Mullen, Raymond, and Kevin; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Arthur Sullivan Jr. is survived by his children, | 13 |
| Arthur III, Mary Bryk, Nora (David) Koehler, Rae, Theresa | 14 |
| (David) Schramm, and Dan (Terri Meadows); his grandchildren, | 15 |
| Jennifer Bryk (Adam) Hechko, Jackie Bryk, Jaime Bryk (Britt) | 16 |
| Vanchura, Josie Bryk, Jodie Bryk, Kate Koehler (Jay) Pastucha, | 17 |
| Maggie Sullivan Koehler, Lilly Sullivan Koehler, Peter David | 18 |
| Schramm, Jacob Schramm, Andrew Schramm, and Wesley Meadows; his | 19 |
| great-grandchildren, Caroline, John, and Elizabeth Vanchura, | 20 |
| Alexander Hechko, Christian Maynard, and Georgia and Amelia | 21 |
| Pastucha; his siblings, Loretta Demaline, Larry Sullivan, | 22 |
| Richard Sullivan, and Noreen Sulzer; and his many nieces and | 23 |
| nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Arthur R. Sullivan Jr.; | 4 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Arthur Sullivan Jr. as an expression | 7 |
| of our sympathy.
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