Full Text of HR0563 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Leo | 4 | | R. Finley Jr. of Orland Park, who passed away on August 26, | 5 | | 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was a graduate of the Chicago College of Dental | 7 | | Surgery/Loyola University Class of 1963; he was a veteran of | 8 | | the United States Army, serving as a captain in the Dental | 9 | | Corps from 1963 to 1965; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Finley enjoyed a long career in dentistry in | 11 | | Chicago's south suburbs; he also taught at the Loyola | 12 | | University Dental School; in the South Suburban Branch of the | 13 | | Chicago Dental Society, he held all offices before his term as | 14 | | president in 1972-1973; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, He was later elected to the Chicago Dental Society | 16 | | Board of Directors, and served as its president from 1989 to | 17 | | 1990; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, On the state level, he was elected as vice speaker | 19 | | of the Illinois State Dental Society's House of Delegates and | 20 | | chaired the Dent-IL-PAC Governor's Club; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, On the national level, he represented Illinois | 2 | | dentists in the American Dental Association's House of | 3 | | Delegates from 1986 to 1988 and from 1996 to 1997; he was | 4 | | elected 8th District Trustee in 1998; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Leo Finley Jr. was the beloved husband of | 6 | | Alicia, nee Jakubas, for 50 blessed years; he was the loving | 7 | | father of Leo III (Brenda), Timothy (Donna), Allen (Laurie), | 8 | | Suzanne Duntz, and Paul (Laura); he was the proud grandpa of 13 | 9 | | and great-grandpa of 3; he was the brother of Joan Finley and | 10 | | Alice (Dr. James) Wack; and the uncle of 10 nieces and nephews; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Dr. | 15 | | Leo R. Finley Jr.; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Dr. Leo R. Finley Jr. as a symbol of | 18 | | our sincere sympathy.
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