Full Text of SR0825 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 Edward Duffy, who passed away on January | 4 | | 4, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edward Duffy was born in 1945; his parents were | 6 | | Edward and Dorothy Duffy; he married the love of his life, | 7 | | Nancy, in 1968; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Edward Duffy had a long and distinguished career | 9 | | in public service; after many years in the Chicago Police | 10 | | Department, he later served the State of Illinois as head of | 11 | | the Dangerous Drugs Commission, the Department of Alcoholism | 12 | | and Substance Abuse, the Department of Public Aid, and as | 13 | | Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor James Thompson; he | 14 | | subsequently moved to the private sector, where he served as | 15 | | President of Arlington Park Racetrack and oversaw the | 16 | | rebuilding of the track; he also oversaw the transformation of | 17 | | Sportsman's Park into a dual-purpose facility that brought | 18 | | world class auto racing to Illinois with Chicago Motor | 19 | | Speedway; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Edward Duffy is survived by his wife, Nancy; his | 21 | | children, Colleen, Meghan, Kelli, Erin, Cara, Tim, Eric, Brent, | 22 | | and Scott; and his grandchildren, Katelyn, Madison, Braden, |
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| 1 | | Bryce, Ansley, Everleigh, Finnegan, and Brooklyn; therefore, | 2 | | be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 5 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Edward Duffy; and be | 6 | | it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Edward Duffy as an expression of our | 9 | | sympathy.
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