Full Text of SR0006 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Laurence A. "Larry" Dondanville of | 4 | | Deerfield, who passed away on January 1, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville was born in Rock Island to Dr. | 6 | | Laurence and Eva (Ender) Dondanville on March 28, 1928 and was | 7 | | raised in Moline; he attended St. Ambrose Academy in | 8 | | Davenport, Iowa and graduated from Purdue University in 1950 | 9 | | with a degree in civil engineering; he was inducted into the | 10 | | U.S. Army and used his civil engineering skills as a corporal | 11 | | in a topographic battalion in the Philippines from 1950 to | 12 | | 1952; the following year, he married Rose Mary Lacey in | 13 | | Washington, D.C., and they moved to Chicago; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville moved his family to Deerfield | 15 | | in 1956 onto the land where his mother had grown up and that | 16 | | had been in his family since 1901; he designed the plans and | 17 | | oversaw the construction of their home, where he lived for the | 18 | | next 62 years; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville worked at De Leuw, Cather & | 20 | | Company, a Chicago-based consulting engineering firm; he had a | 21 | | successful career as a civil engineer and worked on projects | 22 | | around the world, including the suspension bridge across the |
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| 1 | | Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Turkey, the Kuwait and Abu | 2 | | Dhabi Motorway Systems, the Sydney and Perth Australia | 3 | | Expressway Systems, and the Mass Rapid Transit Rail Systems in | 4 | | Singapore and Taipei; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville enjoyed traveling with his | 6 | | friends and family in his retirement and took his family on | 7 | | trips to Hawaii, Europe, Alaska, and the Caribbean; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville was a man of many talents and | 9 | | was dedicated to his community; he was proud to be descended | 10 | | from the founders of Deerfield who donated much to the | 11 | | building of Holy Cross Catholic Parish, the rectory, church, | 12 | | and school; he kept his yard impeccably maintained and was | 13 | | actively engaged in the village; he was also deeply interested | 14 | | in his family history and kept genealogy records for decades, | 15 | | eventually creating a website to connect the Dondanville | 16 | | family worldwide; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville was preceded in death by his | 18 | | wife, Rose Mary; his parents; his brother, Dr. Louis | 19 | | Dondanville; and his sister, Patricia Fieweger; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville is survived by his daughters, | 21 | | Margaret (Keith Cooley), Jeanne Kodner, and Catherine (Dave | 22 | | Karam); his son, Larry Jr. (Cathy); his grandchildren, Luke, |
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| 1 | | Colleen, Sean, Lindsey, and Kevin; his great-grandchildren, | 2 | | Roya, Isabelle, Rowan, and Fiona; his sister, Catherine | 3 | | Dondanville; his brother, John (Maureen) Dondanville; and | 4 | | numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Laurence A. "Larry" Dondanville and extend our sincere | 8 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 9 | | him; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Larry Dondanville as an expression | 12 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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