Full Text of HR0435 094th General Assembly
HR0435 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 regret of the death of Edwin J. | 4 |
| "Ed" Tangney of Decatur on Tuesday, May 3, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on May 28, 1932, in Decatur to Edwin | 6 |
| "Skeet" Tangney and Helen (Lynch) Tangney; after graduating | 7 |
| from Decatur High School in 1950, he joined the Air Force and | 8 |
| was stationed in Texas and Alaska; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon returning to Decatur, Mr. Tangney began | 10 |
| working alongside his father as a plasterer; he always said he | 11 |
| helped plaster every school in Decatur; besides working in the | 12 |
| schools, they also plastered the hospitals and numerous homes | 13 |
| and businesses throughout Decatur; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Phyllis Grolla on November 2, 1957; | 15 |
| they lived in Harristown for 21 years and raised five children; | 16 |
| in 1972, he began working as a Macon County Code Enforcement | 17 |
| Officer; he was appointed Macon County Recorder of Deeds in | 18 |
| 1976; he and his cousin, William "Bill" Tangney, Macon County | 19 |
| Clerk, worked in the courthouse together for over 20 years; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1980, Mr. Tangney married Georgia Mancini, and | 21 |
| they raised two children; after almost 30 years of serving | 22 |
| Macon County, he decided to retire; he was so proud that his | 23 |
| daughter, Mary Eaton, followed in the Tangney Political | 24 |
| Tradition; she was appointed Recorder in 1999 upon his | 25 |
| retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Although Ed was "retired", he was always on the | 27 |
| go; he helped family and friends remodel their homes and | 28 |
| businesses, always lending the experienced hand of a plasterer | 29 |
| and handyman; as if that wasn't enough to keep him busy, he | 30 |
| started yet another job to occupy his spare time; he worked for |
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| Miles Chevrolet for three years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was extremely proud of his children and | 3 |
| grandchildren; he really enjoyed seeing their names and | 4 |
| pictures in the paper for sports, school activities, and | 5 |
| politics; he always had the articles laminated so he could | 6 |
| proudly show them to everyone; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Edwin J. "Ed" Tangney has been | 8 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his sons, Patrick Tangney and | 9 |
| wife Lisa and Tony Mancini and wife Ruby; his daughters, Lori | 10 |
| McKinney and husband Bill, Mary Eaton and husband Mike, Jody | 11 |
| Dresback and husband Loren, and Rebecca Kennedy and husband | 12 |
| Greg; his grandchildren, Rachel Carlton, Matt and Cassie | 13 |
| Tangney, Mason Eaton, and Gretchen and Savannah Mancini; his | 14 |
| great-granddaughter, Isabella Carlton; his sisters, Lenora | 15 |
| "Sug" Lee and husband Jim and Dorothy Peek; and his many nieces | 16 |
| and nephews; he was preceded in death by his father and mother; | 17 |
| his son, William "Billy" Tangney; and his sisters, Rosemary | 18 |
| "Mick" Orrell and Margaret "Mag" Olinger; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 |
| we mourn the passing of Edwin J. "Ed" Tangney, and we extend | 22 |
| our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | 23 |
| knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 26 |
| sympathy.
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