Full Text of SR1288 98th 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 James Donald McLaughlin of McHenry, who | 4 | | passed away on May 30, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James McLaughlin was born on September 25, 1931 in | 6 | | Chicago to George and Josephine (nee Pellage) McLaughlin; he | 7 | | was raised in Park Ridge, played on the Maine Township High | 8 | | School football team, and attended the University of Illinois | 9 | | at Urbana-Champaign, where he pledged the Sigma Chi fraternity; | 10 | | he served in the United States Army and married Joan Ellen on | 11 | | May 4, 1963 in Rockford; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, James McLaughlin worked as a residential | 13 | | brokerage manager for Wm. L. Kunkel Realtors in Des Plaines; | 14 | | after retirement, he worked as a real estate sales | 15 | | representative for Baird & Warner in Arlington Heights until | 16 | | 2004; he was an associate director for the Northwest Board of | 17 | | Realtors, designated to the Council of Real Estate Brokerage | 18 | | Managers by the National Association of Realtors, and was a | 19 | | member of the Million Dollar Sales Club; he achieved numerous | 20 | | recognitions in real estate; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, James McLaughlin taught a Home Buyers Clinic at | 22 | | District 214 High Schools; he worked as a judge of elections |
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| 1 | | and as a precinct captain, on the Arlington Heights Festival, | 2 | | with Meals on Wheels and the Arlington Heights Youth Center, | 3 | | and coached youth baseball and softball; after moving to | 4 | | McHenry, he served on the Board of Legend Lakes Homeowners | 5 | | Association; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, James McLaughlin enjoyed traveling, skiing, | 7 | | gardening, and sailing from the Chicago Yacht Club, including | 8 | | several Chicago-Mackinac races; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, James McLaughlin is survived by his wife, Joan; | 10 | | children, Michael James McLaughlin and Amy (Marty) Maciaszek; | 11 | | grandchildren, Carolann and Colin McLaughlin and Dillon, | 12 | | Margaret, Ellen, and Kira Maciaszek; brother, George J. (Tiia) | 13 | | McLaughlin, Jr.; sister-in-law, Nancy (Keith) Hyzer; numerous | 14 | | nieces, nephews, and cousins; and his Shetland sheep dog, | 15 | | Annie; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | James Donald McLaughlin, and extend our sincere condolences to | 19 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of James McLaughlin as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our deepest sympathy.
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