Full Text of SR0900 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 Michael Joseph "Mike" LaMonica Sr. of | 4 | | Rockford, who passed away on December 26, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica was born in Chicago to Joseph and | 6 | | Louise (Canova) LaMonica on November 24, 1927; he graduated | 7 | | from Austin High School in Chicago in 1945 and served in the | 8 | | U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1947; he married Marguerite "Sally" Hess | 9 | | in Chicago on July 2, 1949; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica's career with Anheuser Busch began | 11 | | in the 1950s as a salesman in Chicago; he rose through the | 12 | | leadership and achieved the position of Vice President of | 13 | | Sales; in 1988, he founded his own local distributorship, | 14 | | LaMonica Beverages; under his leadership, the company quickly | 15 | | doubled in size and continued to grow throughout the years as a | 16 | | model successful family business; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica was a board member of the Variety | 18 | | Club of St. Louis since 1980, where he served as past | 19 | | president; he was also a board member of the National | 20 | | Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago since 1986 and | 21 | | the National Italian-American Foundation in Washington since | 22 | | 1987; he was on the board of directors of Rockford Memorial |
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| 1 | | Hospital and Illinois Growth Enterprises for 10 years, where he | 2 | | served as president; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica was named Man of the Year by City of | 4 | | Hope of St Louis in 1989; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica was an avid golfer and past member | 6 | | of the Edgewater Golf Club in Chicago, the Mauh-Nah-Tee-See | 7 | | Country Club in Rockford, the Hazeltine Country Club in | 8 | | Minnesota, the Forest Hills Country Club in Missouri, and the | 9 | | Lakeside Country and Mission Hills Country Clubs in California; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica was preceded in death by his parents | 12 | | and his daughter, Maria Lynn LaMonica; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica is survived by his wife of 70 years, | 14 | | Sally; his children, Mike (Kathy) LaMonica Jr., Marjie (Larry) | 15 | | LaMonica-Malizio, Mitch (Kim) LaMonica, and Rick (Jillian) | 16 | | LaMonica; his grandchildren, Carly, M.J. (Anna), Jessie | 17 | | (Ryan), Shawn (Lara), Todd (Kristi), Lacee, Lindsey, Lexi, | 18 | | Matthew, and Mason; and his great-grandchildren, Cole, Evan, | 19 | | Adelyn, Jack, and Claire; 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 | | Michael Joseph "Mike" LaMonica Sr. of Rockford and extend our | 2 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 3 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Mike LaMonica as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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