Full Text of SR0433 95th General Assembly
SR0433 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
James E. Wright of Waukegan, who passed | 4 |
| away on October 23, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright was born February 12, 1935 in | 6 |
| Waukegan; his parents were Edward J. and Ethel (nee Sheridan) | 7 |
| Wright; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright attended Immaculate Conception | 9 |
| Grade School; he graduated from Waukegan Township High School | 10 |
| in 1953; he attended Marquette University for one year on a | 11 |
| football scholarship; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright served in the United States Army | 13 |
| and was stationed in Germany; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright had worked as a postman for the | 15 |
| Waukegan Post Office; he also served for 43 years in the | 16 |
| Traffic Control Department in the City of Waukegan Public Works | 17 |
| Department; and
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| WHEREAS, James E. Wright played football and softball and | 19 |
| coached St. Anastasia Schools football team under coach Marvin | 20 |
| Ross for 13 years; he was a member of the John Clark PTA Board |
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| and the CAC Board for District 60; he was also Cubmaster for | 2 |
| John Clark Grade School; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, James E. Wright was preceded in death by his | 4 |
| parents, Edward J. and Ethel (nee Sheridan) Wright; his first | 5 |
| wife, Audrey C. Duszynski; his brother, Philips Wright; and his | 6 |
| cousin, Lucile Wright; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, James E. Wright is survived by his wife of 42 | 8 |
| years, Betty Rosengren Wright; his children, Leon (Lisa), Joe | 9 |
| (Annette), Jean (Don) Bahe, Joan Wright, and James C. Wright; | 10 |
| and his grandchildren, Jeffrey, Lauren, Jake and Matthew | 11 |
| Wright, Austin, Sarah and Emily Bahe, and Michael Duffy; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of James E. Wright; and be | 16 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of James E. Wright as an expression of | 19 |
| our sympathy.
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