Full Text of SR0870 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Andrew Bradie, Jr., who passed away on | 4 | | July 23, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bradie, Jr. was born on May 15, 1929, in | 6 | | Memphis, Tennessee; his parents were Andrew and Sarah Bradie; | 7 | | he later took residence in Fort Wayne, Indiana during his | 8 | | school years before relocating to Chicago; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bradie, Jr. was a strong proponent of | 10 | | education and a devout man of faith; he enrolled his children | 11 | | in St. Dorothy Elementary School and converted to become a | 12 | | Roman Catholic in 1957; he remained an active member of the | 13 | | parish over the course of his entire life; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bradie, Jr. was employed in the parking | 15 | | industry for 55 years; he began his career as an attendant, but | 16 | | ultimately found himself opening multiple facilities in the | 17 | | Midwest and setting up systems to create more efficiently and | 18 | | smoothly-operated parking facilities; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bradie, Jr. enjoyed taking vacations with | 20 | | his family, photography, camping, riding motorcycles and | 21 | | horses, grilling, cleaning and polishing his many cars, mystery |
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| 1 | | novels, and jazz; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bradie, Jr. is preceded in death by his | 3 | | son, Keith; his brothers, Israel and Roy; and his | 4 | | great-grandchild, Johkye Chase Bradie; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bradie, Jr. is survived by his loving wife | 6 | | of 63 years, Mary; his devoted children, Dianne and Andrew III; | 7 | | his daughters-in-law, Diana and Sylvia; his sister, Sarah; his | 8 | | brother, Curvey; his brother-in-law, James McGee (Hazel); his | 9 | | grandchildren, Christopher Bradie, Ed.D, Nicole (Anton) | 10 | | Braton, Keith Bradie, Jr., and Tiffany (Lloyd) Gregoire Ramsey; | 11 | | his great-grandchildren, La'Sha Bradie and Jay Anthony Bradie; | 12 | | and his many other relatives and family friends; therefore, be | 13 | | it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 | | his family and friends, the passing of Andrew Bradie, Jr.; and | 17 | | be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Andrew Bradie, Jr. as an expression | 20 | | of our sympathy.
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