Full Text of SR0747 096th General Assembly
SR0747 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 J.M. "Sully" Sullivan of Peoria, who | 4 |
| passed away on March 31, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born to H.T. "Tommy" and Colleen Kelleher | 6 |
| Sullivan in Peoria on Easter Sunday; he grew up in St. | 7 |
| Patrick's Parish, where he received his First Communion from | 8 |
| Bishop Fulton J. Sheen; he then became a member of Sacred Heart | 9 |
| Church; and
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| WHEREAS, He was in the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) in Dak | 11 |
| To, Vietnam, and in the 18th Airborne Corps, United States | 12 |
| Army; he attended Illinois State University, where he founded | 13 |
| the Gamma Sigma Nu Fraternity, which later became the Sigma Nu | 14 |
| Fraternity; after college, he worked in pubs and in wholesale | 15 |
| in Bloomington; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1979, he moved back to Peoria and founded his | 17 |
| first two bars, Sully's Beach Club and Sully's Irish Pub, both | 18 |
| of which were located in Peoria Heights; subsequently, he | 19 |
| founded Sully's Pub and Cafe on Adams Street, Champions on | 20 |
| Farmington Road, Sullivan Rock Cafe on Sterling Avenue, Texas | 21 |
| Cafe on North Adams Street, Sullivan's Other Planet (SOP), ZZ | 22 |
| Pops on Main Street, and Khaki Jacks on Allen Road, and also |
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| served as sales manager for the Peoria Rivermen hockey team; | 2 |
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| WHEREAS, In 1998, he met his wife, Molly (Mihm) and they | 4 |
| were married on May 20, 2006; together, they re-established | 5 |
| Sullivan's Pub on Main Street and F. Scott's Whiskey Bar on | 6 |
| Jefferson Street; in 2008, they established Sullivan's in | 7 |
| Peoria Heights; over the years, they also designed and | 8 |
| decorated other Peoria restaurants; and
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| WHEREAS, J.M. "Sully" Sullivan is survived by his wife, | 10 |
| Molly (Mihm) Sullivan; his daughter, Becky (Jim) Myszka and | 11 |
| their four children, Matt, Ben, Katie, and John; his mother, | 12 |
| Colleen; his sisters, Maureen (Brice) Baumgarten, Dodie | 13 |
| (Steve) Gomer, Margaret (Chuck) Walter, Becky (John) Blasek, | 14 |
| Tracy (John) Meisinger, Susie Blasek, Mary (Danny) Arnold, and | 15 |
| Colleen (Dave) DeFord; and his brother, Pat (Lark); also | 16 |
| surviving are his beloved nieces and nephews and their | 17 |
| families; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 20 |
| his family and friends, the passing of J.M. Sullivan; and be it | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of J.M. Sullivan as a symbol of our | 2 |
| sincere sympathy.
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