Full Text of SR0877 99th 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 Joe DeMay of the Sun City retirement | 4 | | community in Huntley, who passed away on July 31, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joe DeMay was born in Palermo,
Sicily on October | 6 | | 22, 1933 to Vincenzo
and Vincenza Chichirillo Iannacco;
his | 7 | | father passed away in 1935, his mother married Anthony
DeMay, | 8 | | and the family moved to
Jeannette, Pennsylvania; in the summer | 9 | | of
1951, they relocated to Harvard; he graduated from Harvard
| 10 | | High School in 1953 and enlisted
in the United States Marine | 11 | | Corps; he was
stationed at the U.S. Navy Atomic
Testing Base | 12 | | outside of Las Vegas, Nevada
for 2 years; he married Judy | 13 | | Simonini on September l,
1956 at St.
Joseph's Church in | 14 | | Harvard; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Joe DeMay was employed by the Admiral
Television | 16 | | Corporation in Harvard in
various management positions from
| 17 | | 1956 until the plant's closing in
1980; he then was Quality | 18 | | Control
Manager at General Power and
Equipment for 12 years; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Joe DeMay served as Harvard Community
Credit Union | 21 | | President and Treasurer
for 30 years; he was active in a
number | 22 | | of civic matters, including
serving as a Harvard City Alderman
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| 1 | | for 23 years and as City Treasurer
for 7 years; he was Chairman | 2 | | of
Harvard's Bicentennial Commission
in honor of the nation's | 3 | | bicentennial
celebration; he was heavily involved in
Harvard's | 4 | | annual Milk Days, serving
as General Chairman, as Parade | 5 | | Chairman,
and on their Executive Board
for 20 years; he was a | 6 | | member of
the Harvard Lions Club for 30 years,
with 28 years of | 7 | | perfect attendance; he received the 1969 Harvard JayCee | 8 | | Distinguished Service Award; he was a member of the Harvard
| 9 | | Moose Lodge for 35 years and a member
of the Harvard Historical | 10 | | Society; he served on the Harvard Library
Board for 7 years and | 11 | | on the Chamber
of Commerce Board; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1999, Joe DeMay and his wife moved to
the Sun | 13 | | City retirement community in Huntley to enjoy their
retirement | 14 | | years; while there, he
was a charter member of the Italian
| 15 | | American Club, served as President
of the Pinochle Club, and | 16 | | was a member
of the Bocce Club, the Bowling Club, and
the | 17 | | Polish Club; he was a member of St.
Mary's Catholic Church in | 18 | | Huntley; he and his wife loved to travel and
particularly | 19 | | enjoyed taking cruises; they
travelled within the United States
| 20 | | and to many countries around the
world; his interests included | 21 | | playing
pinochle, golf, and bocce; he was
a talented artist and | 22 | | a great cook; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Joe DeMay was preceded in death by his
parents and | 24 | | his parents-in-law,
Louis and Esther Simonini; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Joe DeMay is survived by his wife, Judy; his | 2 | | daughter, Debbie Reising; his son, Joe (Kendra); his | 3 | | grandchildren, Angela Reising, Steve (Sonia) Reising, and | 4 | | Tatum DeMay; his great-grandchildren, Giovanni, Giada, and | 5 | | Georgia Reising; his brother, Tony; his brothers-in-law, Bob | 6 | | (Jennet) Simonini and Bill (Mary Jane) Simonini; and several | 7 | | nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Joe DeMay, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 11 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Joe DeMay as an expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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