Full Text of HR1131 99th 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 Albert | 4 | | McCoy, who passed away on April 26, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Albert McCoy was born on June 25, 1926 in Aurora, | 6 | | where he was a lifelong resident; he was a 1944 Marmion Academy | 7 | | alum; he later enlisted in the United States Navy and earned | 8 | | five Battle Stars; he then attended the former Aurora College | 9 | | and the University of Montana on a football scholarship; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Albert McCoy served as the Mayor of Aurora from | 11 | | 1965 to 1977; during his tenure, he was instrumental in the | 12 | | passage of a fair housing ordinance, approved at a time when | 13 | | civil unrest brewed following the assassination of Dr. Martin | 14 | | Luther King Jr. and making Aurora the second city in the State | 15 | | to pass such a law; in order to improve the Aurora Police | 16 | | Department, he brought in legal counsel that specialized in the | 17 | | area and required testing for the police chief candidates; he | 18 | | organized the Aurora Civic Authority, the group that led the | 19 | | charge to save the Paramount Theatre, a historic landmark in | 20 | | downtown Aurora; he led the move to annex 6,800 acres to the | 21 | | city, the second-largest land addition to a municipality in | 22 | | Illinois history which is now the site of the Fox Valley Mall | 23 | | and the Fox Valley Villages in DuPage County; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, McCoy Drive on the far east side of Aurora was | 2 | | named in honor of Albert McCoy and his work; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Albert McCoy was preceded in death by his wife of | 4 | | 53 years, Mary Ann; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Albert McCoy is survived by his son, Mike (Vicki) | 6 | | McCoy; his daughter, Cara (John) Gibbons; his grandchildren, | 7 | | Joe, Mark, and Kate McCoy and Elizabeth and Sarah Gibbons; and | 8 | | his many nieces and nephews; and
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | 12 | | Albert McCoy; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Albert McCoy as an expression of our | 15 | | sympathy.
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