Full Text of SR0343 96th General Assembly
SR0343 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Daniel Edward Costello Jr. of Belleville, | 4 |
| who passed away on June 20, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on April 17, 1937, in East St. Louis; | 6 |
| he lived the first 18 years of his life in East St. Louis; he | 7 |
| graduated from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas on | 8 |
| baseball and basketball scholarships; there the "St. Mary Star" | 9 |
| met his "San Antonio Rose," Darlene Handley, and they were | 10 |
| married September 5, 1959; and
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| WHEREAS, He lived the next 25 years in San Antonio as a | 12 |
| devout and active member of the Catholic Church; he was | 13 |
| President and CEO of Ventura Manufacturing in the 1980s; and
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| WHEREAS, For the past 20 years, he lived in Belleville, | 15 |
| surrounded by his loving brothers and sisters; he was employed | 16 |
| by the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council in St. Louis, | 17 |
| Missouri; he loved a good joke and Notre Dame; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel | 19 |
| Edward and Elsie, nee Moore, Costello Sr.; and his brother, | 20 |
| Joseph Edward Costello; and
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| WHEREAS, Daniel Costello Jr. is survived by his son, Daniel | 2 |
| Martin (Alina) Costello; his two daughters, Deborah (George) | 3 |
| Gaytan and Susan Costello; his seven grandchildren, Ryan, John, | 4 |
| Ana, and Rose Costello, Audrey Gaytan, and Kaela and Kelsey | 5 |
| Lipo; his loving sisters, Delores (Julio) Gonzalez and Pat | 6 |
| Lindsay; his two brothers, Michael T. Costello and United | 7 |
| States Congressman Jerry F. (Georgia) Costello; his | 8 |
| sister-in-law, Judy Costello; and numerous nieces, nephews, | 9 |
| great-nieces and nephews, and extended family; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Daniel Costello Jr.; and | 13 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Daniel Costello Jr. as a symbol of | 16 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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