Full Text of SR0101 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 Joseph Campagna of Silvis, who passed | 4 | | away on January 22, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Campagna was born to Maria and Joseph on | 6 | | April 12, 1925 and raised in East Moline; he graduated from | 7 | | Union Township High School, where he was on the golf team; he | 8 | | served in United States Army from 1949 to 1954, rising to the | 9 | | rank of First Sergeant; after his honorable discharge, he | 10 | | served as the general manager of the Officers Navy Club in | 11 | | Newport, Rhode Island; he married Mary O'Connell in 1956; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Campagna and his wife owned a Dairy Queen | 13 | | in Middletown, Rhode Island; after moving back to Silvis in the | 14 | | early 1960s, they opened The Flamingo, one of the preeminent | 15 | | supper clubs of the time; he managed several other restaurants, | 16 | | including the Brown Derby in Princeton, the Beef & Brew in Rock | 17 | | Island, and Joe's Bar & Grill in Clarence, Iowa; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Campagna retired from the restaurant | 19 | | business and tended bar part-time at Short Hills Country Club, | 20 | | where he caddied in the 1930s; he enjoyed being a pen pal to | 21 | | his grandchildren; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Campagna was preceded in death by his | 2 | | parents; a sister; and six brothers; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Campagna is survived by his daughter, Ann | 4 | | Marie (Mark Nelson); his sons, Anthony (Terry), Joseph | 5 | | (Janice), and Michael (Cristin Adam); nine grandchildren; two | 6 | | great-grandchildren; and his sisters, Kathryn Spies, and Mary | 7 | | Campagna; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Joseph Campagna, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Joseph Campagna as an expression of | 15 | | our deepest sympathy.
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