Full Text of HR0649 94th General Assembly
HR0649 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 sadness of the death of Judge | 4 |
| Anthony Peccarelli of Wheaton on Sunday, September 25, 2005; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Anthony Peccarelli was born in 1928 and grew up in | 7 |
| New Jersey; he came to the Midwest to attend Beloit College in | 8 |
| Wisconsin, graduating in 1953; he graduated from John Marshall | 9 |
| Law School in 1959, beginning a legal career that lasted until | 10 |
| shortly before his death; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a DuPage County Assistant State's Attorney | 12 |
| from 1962 to 1968, then was in private practice until his | 13 |
| appointment as an Associate DuPage County Judge in 1979; he was | 14 |
| elected a Circuit Judge in 1982, serving in various branches of | 15 |
| the court and as Chief Judge from 1989 to 1993; he was | 16 |
| appointed to the Illinois Appellate Court in 1993 and served | 17 |
| there until 1994; in 1995 he was appointed DuPage County | 18 |
| State's Attorney and served in that capacity for two years; and
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| WHEREAS, As Chief Judge, he faced immediate challenges, | 20 |
| many created when the then-new courthouse in Wheaton was closed | 21 |
| because of air quality problems; while the courthouse was | 22 |
| closed for repairs for seven months in 1992 and 1993, Judge | 23 |
| Peccarelli managed the courts' routine business while helping | 24 |
| find temporary quarters for more than 30 judges and scores of | 25 |
| other court personnel and helping plan a return to the | 26 |
| courthouse when work there was completed; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, As State's Attorney in 1995 and 1996, he dealt | 28 |
| with a case that has bedeviled prosecutors in DuPage County | 29 |
| since 1983 - the murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico in | 30 |
| Naperville; he and Sheriff Richard Doria asked for appointment | 31 |
| of a special prosecutor to look into complaints of official |
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| misconduct in the case; and
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| WHEREAS, After serving as State's Attorney, he founded a | 3 |
| mediation service and worked in private practice part time; he | 4 |
| was a mediator in a DuPage County court program designed to | 5 |
| help litigants find common ground outside the formal courtroom | 6 |
| process and also was appointed to be County Board ethicist; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Judge Anthony Peccarelli has been | 8 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his two sons, Andrew and David; | 9 |
| his daughter, Laura Anderson; his brother, Louis; his sister, | 10 |
| Marie Grisanti; his five grandchildren; and his | 11 |
| great-grandchild; he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| we mourn the passing of Judge Anthony Peccarelli, and we extend | 16 |
| our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew | 17 |
| and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 20 |
| condolences.
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