Full Text of SR0367 101st 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 Charles George "Chuck" McCarthy of | 4 | | Normal, who passed away on April 10, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Charles McCarthy was born in Chicago to Wilhelmina | 6 | | (Warkenthien) and Charles E. McCarthy on February 5, 1933; he | 7 | | attended the University of Colorado Boulder on a football | 8 | | scholarship and joined the U.S. Marines following his sophomore | 9 | | year, where he served in the infantry from 1952 to 1955; he | 10 | | married Dorothy "Dode" Davis on September 15, 1956 and they | 11 | | settled in Fairbury; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, After his discharge from the service, Charlie | 13 | | McCarthy graduated from the Illinois State Police Academy; he | 14 | | joined the force in November 1955 and was assigned to District | 15 | | 6 in Pontiac; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Charles McCarthy received advanced instruction in | 17 | | riot control and mob violence during the 1960s, becoming a | 18 | | subject-matter expert; he taught at the ISP Academy in | 19 | | Springfield and was involved in the 1968 Chicago Democratic | 20 | | Convention and riots in Cairo; his leadership skills and riot | 21 | | control knowledge and experience served him well later in his | 22 | | career as incident commander, quelling the 1978 Pontiac prison |
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| 1 | | riot; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Charles McCarthy relocated his family to | 3 | | Bloomington in 1971 and received a Bachelor of Science in | 4 | | Sociology from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1973; he was | 5 | | promoted to lieutenant in November 1975 and was assigned to ISP | 6 | | District 15 in Oak Brook; he was promoted to captain in 1977 | 7 | | and took command of District 15, where he was responsible for | 8 | | the Illinois Toll Road near Chicago; he completed his career | 9 | | serving as commander for District 6 in Pontiac and retired in | 10 | | December 1987 with 35 years of service; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Following retirement, Charles McCarthy and | 12 | | Dorothy built a home in the shadow of the Collegiate Peaks near | 13 | | Nathrop, Colorado, where they spent many summers; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Charles McCarthy was preceded in death by his | 15 | | parents and his sister, Arlette Miller; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Charles McCarthy is survived by his wife of 62 | 17 | | years, Dorothy; his daughters, Erin Trnka (Curt) and Tracy | 18 | | Harper (Greg); his son, Mike McCarthy (Rita); and seven | 19 | | grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Charles George "Chuck" McCarthy and extend our sincere | 2 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 3 | | him; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Charles McCarthy as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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