Full Text of SR0291 98th 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 Edmund Joseph Mallow Sr. of Peoria, who | 4 | | passed away on May 4, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Mallow Sr. was born on August 10, 1928, in | 6 | | Peoria; his parents were John J. and Cecelia S. Bojalad Mallow; | 7 | | he married Harriet A. Alwan on November 17, 1951, in Peoria; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Mallow Sr. began his working life in the | 10 | | 3rd grade in his father's shoe shop, Mallow Shoe Repair; by the | 11 | | time he graduated from Spalding Institute in 1947, he was a | 12 | | Master Craftsman; due to his father's illness, he was unable to | 13 | | accept a college scholarship he had and instead stayed home, | 14 | | where he successfully ran the family shoe repair business for | 15 | | the next 14 years; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In the early 1960s, Edmund Mallow Sr. decided to | 17 | | exit the shoe business and began searching for a new career; he | 18 | | was subsequently hired by IDS, given one half day of training, | 19 | | and sent to work as a financial planner; after two years, he | 20 | | became a district manager; in 1969, he left management and | 21 | | began building his business using a mailing program; for 10 | 22 | | years, he sent out 200 mailers every week, which eventually |
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| 1 | | grew to 600 clients; through his work, he amassed an impressive | 2 | | collection of awards by helping people protect their families, | 3 | | buy homes and businesses, educate their children, retire | 4 | | comfortably, and make sure their money would outlive them; he | 5 | | retired in 2002, after 40 years of dedicated service; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Mallow Sr. enjoyed cooking family dinners, | 7 | | fishing with his kids, and playing friendly games of poker; | 8 | | during his retirement years, he enjoyed making jewelry, which | 9 | | was affectionately known as "Grandpa or Jido jewelry"; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Mallow Sr. was preceded in death by his | 11 | | wife of 60 years, Harriet; his parents; and his brother, | 12 | | Raymond; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Mallow Sr. is survived by his children, | 14 | | Barbara (John) Woerly, Edmund Jr. (Cathy) Mallow, Carolyn | 15 | | (Richard) Kauffman, Sharon (Jim) Karosky, Elaine (David) Owen, | 16 | | Dianna (Chris) Russick, and Rick (Deanna) Mallow; his 13 | 17 | | grandchildren; his 4 great-grandchildren; and his sister, | 18 | | Isabelle Couri; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 | | his family and friends, the passing of Edmund Joseph Mallow | 22 | | Sr.; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Edmund Mallow Sr. as an expression | 3 | | of our sympathy.
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