Full Text of SR0391 96th General Assembly
SR0391 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 Edward P. Morrissey of Chicago, who | 4 |
| passed away on August 2, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 1961 graduate of Loyola Academy in | 6 |
| Wilmette, where he distinguished himself as an all around | 7 |
| student and athlete and co-captain of the football team; at age | 8 |
| eighteen, right after high school, he joined the Jesuit Society | 9 |
| of Jesus from 1961 to 1968; during his time in the Jesuit | 10 |
| seminary at Milford, Ohio, he obtained a bachelor degree in | 11 |
| Classics (Latin and Greek) and he taught English and Sociology | 12 |
| at St. Xavier High School and coached soccer; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Boston College in 1967 with a | 14 |
| degree in Philosophy; he received his Juris Doctor in 1974 from | 15 |
| Creighton University Law School in Omaha, Nebraska; he | 16 |
| practiced law in Elmhurst and was a Cook County Assistant | 17 |
| State's Attorney before marrying Elsie (Campbell) in 1984; he | 18 |
| practiced family law in Sandwich for 22 years and will be | 19 |
| remembered as an honest, hard working lawyer; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1994, he ran for Circuit Court Judge for the | 21 |
| 16th Judicial Circuit and for De Kalb County State's Attorney | 22 |
| in 1996; in 2006, he made a career change to teach Latin at |
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| Aurora Central Catholic High School; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Dennis J. | 3 |
| and Margaret (Scott) Morrissey, and his brother, John | 4 |
| (Georgann) Morrissey; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward Morrissey leaves his beloved wife of 25 | 6 |
| years, Elsie (Campbell); his children, Carrie (John) Libetti, | 7 |
| Clete Campbell, Clayton Campbell, Paul, Dorothy, and Laura | 8 |
| Morrissey; his wife's nephew, Paul Sipes; his four siblings, | 9 |
| Mary (Robert) Moroney, Joseph (Joan) Morrissey, Dennis (Helen) | 10 |
| Morrissey, and Richard (Althea) Morrissey; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Edward Morrissey; and be | 14 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Edward Morrissey as a symbol of our | 17 |
| sincere sympathy.
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