Full Text of HR0355 96th General Assembly
HR0355 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Joseph P. | 4 |
| Burke of Orland Park, who passed away May 1, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago's Back of the Yards | 6 |
| neighborhood; he graduated from the University of Illinois at | 7 |
| Chicago with a Bachelor's degree in criminal justice and earned | 8 |
| a Master's degree in criminal justice from Lewis University; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, He met his wife of 34 years, Laura, in high | 11 |
| school, and the couple lived on the city's Southwest side for | 12 |
| several years before moving to Orland Park;
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Burke joined the Chicago Police Department in | 14 |
| the early 1970s; in addition to working on the DEA and FBI task | 15 |
| forces, he was also assigned to the cold case squad toward the | 16 |
| end of his career; after retiring from the Chicago Police | 17 |
| Department, he went to work for the Illinois Department of | 18 |
| Corrections in 2003, where his most recent position was chief | 19 |
| of investigations and intelligence; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, During his distinguished 30-year career with the | 21 |
| Chicago Police Department, he worked on task forces with the |
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| Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI's anti-terrorism | 2 |
| unit, an assignment that took him to Oklahoma City in the | 3 |
| aftermath of the federal building bombing; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Burke was a drummer, longtime member, and past | 5 |
| president of the Bagpipes and Drums of the Emerald Society of | 6 |
| the Chicago Police Department, a charitable organization | 7 |
| formed to honor police officers and firefighters killed in the | 8 |
| line of duty; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Burke was the beloved husband of Laura J. | 10 |
| (nee Gleason); the loving father of Erin and Claire; the | 11 |
| devoted son of the late Joseph P. and Ann (nee Dolan); the dear | 12 |
| brother of Chicago Alderman Edward M. (Justice Anne M. Burke) | 13 |
| Burke and Illinois State Representative Daniel Burke; and the | 14 |
| loving uncle of many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Joseph | 18 |
| Burke; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Joseph Burke as a symbol of our | 21 |
| sincere sympathy.
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