Full Text of SR1198 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 Justice James T. Londrigan of | 4 | | Springfield, who passed away on May 31, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Justice Londrigan was born to James E. and Sophia | 6 | | (Albright) Londrigan in Springfield on February 23, 1925; he | 7 | | attended Sacred Heart Grade School, Cathedral Boys High School, | 8 | | the University of Illinois, and the City College of New York | 9 | | and then graduated from Chicago-Kent Law School; during his | 10 | | youth, he served as president, vice president, and national | 11 | | committeeman for the Young Democrats of Illinois and the | 12 | | Sangamon County Young Democrats; he married Marilyn J. Brust in | 13 | | 1950; after her death, he married Mary Lane in May of 2016; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Justice Londrigran was a disabled infantry | 15 | | veteran of World War II; he received two Purple Hearts, a | 16 | | Bronze Star, and five Campaign Citations, including one from | 17 | | the Battle of the Bulge; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Justice Londrigan spent most of his career as a | 19 | | member of the law firm of Londrigan and Londrigan; there, he | 20 | | practiced with six other Londrigans, including his father, | 21 | | James, and his son, Timothy; he also served as a Sangamon | 22 | | County Circuit Court Judge, a Special Assistant Attorney |
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| 1 | | General, a City Attorney, a Hearing Officer, as Legal Counsel | 2 | | to the State Department of Public Health and Aeronautics, and | 3 | | on the 4th District Appellate Court; most recently, Londrigan | 4 | | served as counsel with the law firm of Wolter, Beeman, Lynch | 5 | | and Londrigan; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Justice Londrigan served eight years as an | 7 | | Illinois State Representative; he sponsored a variety of bills | 8 | | during his tenure, including legislation to keep the Department | 9 | | of Revenue and all State government in Springfield, for the | 10 | | creation of the Sangamon State University Auditorium and for | 11 | | the Homestead Tax Exemption, for the abolishment of personal | 12 | | tax, to lower real estate taxes, to require bicycle safety | 13 | | reflectors, and for Southern Illinois University Medical | 14 | | School; he also helped secure funding for railroad relocation, | 15 | | the Prairie Capital Convention Center, and $10,000,000,00 | 16 | | worth of funding for an underground state parking garage; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Justice Londrigan served as head of the Knights of | 18 | | Columbus six point program, where he instituted new programs | 19 | | including scholarship programs for Cathedral High School; he | 20 | | instituted and was president of the Knights of Columbus Credit | 21 | | Union, which later joined with Sacred Heart Credit Union; he | 22 | | served on the board of directors of the Aid to Retired Children | 23 | | and was president and Irishman of the Year of the Sons of Erin; | 24 | | he was a member of the Sangamon County Bar Association, the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Bar Association, the D.A.V., the V.F.W., the American | 2 | | Legion, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Knights of | 3 | | Columbus #364, the Elks, the Eagles, the Island Bay Yacht Club, | 4 | | the Sangamo Club, Panther Creek Country Club, the American | 5 | | Business Club, the Illinois Historic Society and Christ the | 6 | | King Church; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Justice Londrigan was preceded in death by by his | 8 | | first wife, Marilyn, his parents, and his brother, Robert | 9 | | Londrigan; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Justice Londrigan is survived by his wife, Mary; | 11 | | his daughters, Linda Gillette, Janet (Bob) Kregbaum, Lisa | 12 | | Beene, and Mary Jeanne (Dennis) Weakly; his son, Timothy | 13 | | Londrigan; his grandchildren, Connor and Ciara Londrigan, Luke | 14 | | and Lexie Weakly, and Halle Beene; his great-grandson; and his | 15 | | brother, Paul (Karen) Londrigan; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 18 | | Justice James T. Londrigan and extend our sincere
condolences | 19 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be | 20 | | it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 22 | | presented to the family of Justice Londrigan as an expression |
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our deepest sympathy.
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