Full Text of HR0131 94th General Assembly
HR0131 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of William | 4 |
| J. Curley of Hazel Crest, formerly of Riverdale, on Monday, | 5 |
| February 14, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on February 24, 1908, in Chicago; he | 7 |
| was the fifth of eight children born to Michael and Margaret | 8 |
| (nee Salmon) Curley, both of whom were immigrants from Ireland; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Curley was a good citizen, a hard working | 11 |
| family man who was able to achieve the American dream through | 12 |
| honesty, persistence, and determination; a teenager during the | 13 |
| Great Depression, he left school and went to work after the | 14 |
| death of his father in order to help support his mother and | 15 |
| younger siblings; in 1939 he took a job with the Internal | 16 |
| Revenue Service after passing the federal government's civil | 17 |
| service entrance exam; and
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| WHEREAS, Though he only had two years of formal high school | 19 |
| education, Mr. Curley never gave up on continuing his | 20 |
| education; while working full time at the IRS, he completed law | 21 |
| school and achieved his goal of becoming a CPA (Certified | 22 |
| Public Accountant); he retired from the Internal Revenue | 23 |
| Service in 1970, after 31 years of service, with the title | 24 |
| Appellate Conferee; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Curley and his wife, Alice Lillian, raised | 26 |
| seven children; education and religion were priorities in their | 27 |
| home; devout Roman Catholics, Mr. and Mrs. Curley managed to | 28 |
| give their children a parochial school education; all seven | 29 |
| graduated from high school, and three went on to graduate from | 30 |
| college; a devoted grandfather, Mr. Curley did his best to | 31 |
| acknowledge every birthday of his 18 grandchildren and 13 |
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| great-grandchildren; he was the center of attention at a weekly | 2 |
| family lunch attended by his children, and open to any extended | 3 |
| family member that could make it; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a man of unquestionable integrity, a kind, | 5 |
| benevolent, loving man who for all of his almost 97 years was | 6 |
| an example of selfless devotion to his children and | 7 |
| grandchildren; he lived his life by being true to the things he | 8 |
| valued most: his faith, his family, and his work; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of William J. Curley has been deeply | 10 |
| felt by many, especially his children, Eileen (Lester) Wiersma, | 11 |
| James W., Mary (Thomas) Ostrowski, Janet (Hon. John) Doody, | 12 |
| Michael, and Kathleen (Wayne) Piotrowski; his grandchildren, | 13 |
| Teresa (Randall) McConochie, Donna Wiersma, William Wiersma, | 14 |
| Kirsten (Robert) Cichowicz, Valerie Curley, Thomas (Kim) | 15 |
| Ostrowski, Lisa (Christopher) Michaels, Julie (Jonathon) | 16 |
| Goken, Maureen (Paul) Johnson, John T. Doody III, Colleen | 17 |
| (Robert) Kelsheimer, Carolyn (Paul) Bough, Michael A. (Eileen) | 18 |
| Curley, Erin (Robert) Longfield, Kristeen Piostrowski, Meagan | 19 |
| Piotrowski, and Shawn Piotrowski; and his great-grandchildren | 20 |
| Lindsay McConochie, Anthony Wiersma, Cameron Cichowicz, Evan, | 21 |
| Matthew, and Olivia Ostrowski, Carter Michaels, Tyler, | 22 |
| Brandon, and Emily Kelsheimer, David Curley, and Tyler and | 23 |
| Gavin Longfield; he was preceded in death by his wife, Alice | 24 |
| Lillian, nee Beach; his son, Daniel; his grandson, Lester | 25 |
| Wiersma Jr.; and his siblings, Robert (Pearl), John | 26 |
| (Katherine), Michael Aloysius (Sophie), Vincent (Thelma), Ann | 27 |
| (George) O'Connor, Vivian (Stanley) Lubish, and Francis | 28 |
| (Helen); therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 30 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 31 |
| we mourn the passing of William J. Curley, and we extend our | 32 |
| deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and | 33 |
| loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincere | 3 |
| condolences.
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