Full Text of SR1718 100th 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 Anthony Vincent Sheehan II, who passed | 4 | | away on March 4, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Anthony Sheehan was born to Mark Anthony and Mary | 6 | | Margaret "Moni" (Roytek) Sheehan on April 27, 1985; he | 7 | | graduated from Mattoon High School in 2005, the first student | 8 | | to graduate from there with Down Syndrome; he also graduated | 9 | | from the Neil Armstrong program at Hawthorne School; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Anthony Sheehan was employed at CCAR in | 11 | | Charleston, where he loved the bus ride, the staff, and "his | 12 | | paperwork"; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Camp New Hope in Mattoon was very special to | 14 | | Anthony Sheehan; he attended the camp's monthly respite | 15 | | weekends as well as the week-long summer camp for over 25 | 16 | | years; he loved his church family at the Immaculate Conception | 17 | | Church; he was a 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus and was given | 18 | | an honorary 4th Degree posthumously; his corner always brought | 19 | | in the most money each year during the annual KC Tootsie Roll | 20 | | Drive; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Anthony Sheehan competed in the Illinois Special |
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| 1 | | Olympics for 25 years and won numerous medals in bowling, | 2 | | basketball, bocce, and track and field; he was very patriotic | 3 | | and proudly sang the National Anthem at many Special Olympic | 4 | | events, baseball tournaments, retirement parties, and special | 5 | | events; the National Anthem was a daily ritual in his life; he | 6 | | was an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs, the St. Louis Cardinals, | 7 | | the Chicago Blackhawks, and the St. Louis Blues; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Anthony Sheehan lived life to the fullest; he was | 9 | | always happy and never met a stranger that did not like him; | 10 | | family and friends were very important to him; his faith was | 11 | | deep and he lived an exemplary life that inspired all that knew | 12 | | him; he touched so many lives with his enthusiasm for life and | 13 | | contagious smile; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Anthony Sheehan is survived by his parents; his | 15 | | grandmothers; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Anthony Vincent Sheehan II, and extend our sincere condolences | 20 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 21 | | it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Anthony Sheehan as an expression of | 2 | | our deepest sympathy.
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