Full Text of HR1330 94th General Assembly
HR1330 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Robert | 4 |
| Emmet "Butch" McGuire Sr. of Rochester, Minnesota, on | 5 |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McGuire was the owner of Butch McGuire's at 20 | 7 |
| W. Division, which was one of America's first singles bars; he | 8 |
| purchased the bar in 1961, and the Near North Side would never | 9 |
| be the same; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Beverly, and his father was a | 11 |
| Chicago attorney; he graduated from Morgan Park Military | 12 |
| Academy and the University of Michigan with an engineering | 13 |
| degree, having conquered severe dyslexia; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1985, Mr. McGuire said that 12.5 million people | 15 |
| had come into his bar since 1961, and more than 4,750 marriages | 16 |
| came out of his bar; he was progressive and was one of the | 17 |
| first in Chicago to hire a female bartender; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved the Christmas season and from | 19 |
| mid-November through late January, Butch McGuire's is lit with | 20 |
| more than 250,00 lights; he had model trains that ran on tracks | 21 |
| that hung above the rooms of the bar; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McGuire was known for his willingness to help | 23 |
| others; young people often came to him for jobs, and he was | 24 |
| willing to help out; many people got their start at Butch | 25 |
| McGuire's; as a recipient of a donor heart transplant, each | 26 |
| year he and his wife would host a benefit for the American | 27 |
| Transplant Association; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert Emmet "Butch" McGuire Sr. | 29 |
| has been deeply felt by many, especially his wife of 42 years, |
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| Mary Jo (Donovan) McGuire; his children, Lauretta Stewart, | 2 |
| Robert Emmet (Bobby) McGuire Jr., and Terrance; and his six | 3 |
| grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 |
| we mourn the passing of Robert Emmet "Butch" McGuire Sr., and | 7 |
| we extend our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all | 8 |
| who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 11 |
| condolences.
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