Full Text of SR0529 95th General Assembly
SR0529 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 T. Costello of Granite City, who | 4 |
| passed away on January 25, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, James Costello was born January 14, 1925, in Grand | 6 |
| Island, Nebraska; as a child he attended St. Mary Cathedral | 7 |
| Church and School in Grand Island; he married Dorothy I. | 8 |
| (Leslie) Costello, whom he had know since she was five years | 9 |
| old, on September 12, 1945, in Grand Island; and
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| WHEREAS, He was employed at Metro East Sanitary District | 11 |
| with 20 years of service as commissioner and had retired in | 12 |
| 1985 from American Car Foundry in St. Charles, Missouri; he had | 13 |
| also worked 20 years with the Granite City Housing Authority, | 14 |
| as a refinery superintendent with Union Starch and Refining in | 15 |
| Granite City, and a traffic manager with Kansas State Ordinance | 16 |
| Plant in Parsons, Kansas; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Costello was a United States Army veteran, | 18 |
| proudly serving his country during World War II in Normandy and | 19 |
| Germany; he was a 50-year member of St. Elizabeth Catholic | 20 |
| Church in Granite City, where he was active as a lector and | 21 |
| eucharistic minister and the Holy Name Society and Men in | 22 |
| Prayer; he was a member of the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus |
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| Tri-City Assembly 0224, Granite City Elks Lodge 1063, the | 2 |
| American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and served many | 3 |
| years with the Granite City Library Board; he will be | 4 |
| remembered for the love of his family, the love of his church, | 5 |
| and all things Irish; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his beloved parents, | 7 |
| Lawrence P. and Rose Ann, nee Mulick, Costello; and two | 8 |
| brothers and sisters-in-law, Leo and Marie Costello and Roy and | 9 |
| Josephine Costello; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of James Costello will be deeply felt | 11 |
| by his beloved wife, Dorothy; his two sons and one | 12 |
| daughter-in-law, Paul and Karen Costello and Joseph Matt | 13 |
| Costello; his daughter, Ruth Costello Cruse; his grandchildren | 14 |
| and their spouses, Trisha and Raymond Starks, Matt Costello, | 15 |
| Jonathan Costello, Jennifer and Darby Cruse Sanders, Dr. Rachel | 16 |
| and Kyle Hummel, Rebecca Cruse, and Sarah Cruse; his five | 17 |
| great-grandchildren; and his many nieces, nephews, and other | 18 |
| extended family and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 |
| his family and friends, the passing of James T. Costello; and | 22 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of James T. Costello as a symbol of our | 3 |
| sincere sympathy.
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