Full Text of SR0103 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 Edward Hegarty on October 20, 2018 at the | 4 | | age of 89; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edward Hegarty was born and raised in Chicago; | 6 | | during high school, he delivered gas bills and read gas meters; | 7 | | he walked his route and, at one point, his territory was along | 8 | | a nearly six-mile route on Wabansia Avenue from Western Avenue | 9 | | all the way to Harlem Avenue; because of this, he could tell | 10 | | you from memory where almost any address in the city was | 11 | | located; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Edward Hegarty always had music as part of his | 13 | | life; he played accordion for many years and was a contestant | 14 | | on a radio show in the mid-1940s; he received both his B.A. and | 15 | | his M.A. in music education from the Chicago Musical College, a | 16 | | part of Roosevelt University; he directed and sang in the | 17 | | church choir at St. Angela Church in Chicago; he also sang with | 18 | | the Tower Chorale, where he was known for being a "linchpin in | 19 | | the chorus who was never without a smile"; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Edward Hegarty married Mary Frances Mulhern in | 21 | | 1953; they enjoyed traveling and took their 11 children on | 22 | | yearly summer camping trips, visiting just about every state |
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| 1 | | and national park between Illinois and the West Coast; in | 2 | | retirement, they took pleasure in their international travel; | 3 | | and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Edward Hegarty began a career in education in the | 5 | | 1960s, teaching driver's education, various subjects in the | 6 | | upper grades, and later becoming an assistant principal; in | 7 | | 1964, he was appointed to his first principalship; he was | 8 | | principal of three different schools, with Michael Faraday | 9 | | School being his last and longest assignment at 22 years; he | 10 | | retired in 1990, but he happily kept in touch with fellow | 11 | | educators and gathered with them socially over the years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Edward Hegarty was noted for being "a connoisseur | 13 | | of fine wine and classical music" who enjoyed and attended many | 14 | | performances of the Lyric Opera of Chicago; during retirement, | 15 | | he expanded his piano technique by taking private piano lessons | 16 | | until the end of his life; he played in many recitals over the | 17 | | years, with the most recent one being just a month before his | 18 | | passing; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Edward Hegarty volunteered for many years at the | 20 | | Oak Park Arms to assist residents with their taxes; he also | 21 | | kept his mind active by doing crossword puzzles, Sudoku, and by | 22 | | memorizing long pieces of piano music; he also remained | 23 | | physically active, taking deep-water aerobics classes at the |
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| 1 | | YMCA; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Edward and Mary Frances Hegarty recently | 3 | | celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary; they were longtime | 4 | | members of St. Giles Catholic Church and put their faith and | 5 | | family at the center of their lives; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Edward Hegarty is survived by his beloved wife, | 7 | | Mary Frances; his children, Maureen (Dan) Kruszynski, RoseAnn | 8 | | (Jim) Vonesh, Kathleen (Robert) Burdett, Edward (Cindy), | 9 | | Michael (Diane), Mary Pat (the late Joe) Williams, Daniel, | 10 | | Patrick (Catherine), Mary Rose (Gerard) Crimmins, Terrence, | 11 | | and Christopher (Amy Nelson); his grandchildren, Megan and Jim | 12 | | (Kristina) Vonesh; Victoria, Diane (Brian) Bell, and Natalie | 13 | | Burdett; Naomi and Aidan Hegarty; Logan and Tristan Williams; | 14 | | Ryan and Shannon Hegarty; Erica and Stephanie Hegarty; and | 15 | | Jared and Christopher Crimmins; he was also the | 16 | | great-grandfather of Matthew, Caileigh, Grace, Sammy, and | 17 | | Allison and Kaylan, Lia, Myles, and Neo; he was brother of | 18 | | Patricia (Richard) Sharp and the late Ann (James) Malone and | 19 | | Mary Rose Hegarty; as well as the uncle and great-uncle of | 20 | | many; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 23 | | Edward Hegarty, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Edward Hegarty as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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