Full Text of SR1663 100th 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 Patrick Dooley of Oak Park, who passed | 4 | | away on January 6, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Dooley was born in Minnesota and raised in | 6 | | the Minneapolis suburb of Richfield; he attended seminary and | 7 | | became a Diocesan priest as a young man; he left the priesthood | 8 | | after about ten years and moved to Chicago; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Dooley was, at one time, an activist for | 10 | | the American Federation of State, County and Municipal | 11 | | Employees and worked for the Department of Children and Family | 12 | | Services, where he inspected daycare centers to ensure that | 13 | | they were being run properly; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Dooley had a long and varied commitment to | 15 | | public service and volunteerism; he volunteered at the | 16 | | Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest's cemetery walk | 17 | | and house walk; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Dooley supported the efforts of the | 19 | | Democratic Party of Oak Park, especially during the 2012 | 20 | | re-election campaign of President Barack Obama, taking long bus | 21 | | rides to Iowa to canvass for the President; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Dooley also lent his talents to the Frank | 2 | | Lloyd Wright Home and Studio for some twenty years; he was | 3 | | described as someone who was a "very giving person" and one who | 4 | | "cared about people"; his friends at the Home and Studio | 5 | | remembered him as that "Irish uncle that you would sit down | 6 | | with and listen to and talk to and exchange pleasantries with"; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Dooley was known to be a soft-spoken, | 9 | | helpful man and a dedicated foster parent who enjoyed | 10 | | frequenting ethnic restaurants; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Dooley is survived by his brother, | 12 | | Michael, and legions of friends and admirers; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Patrick Dooley and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Patrick Dooley as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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