Full Text of SR0824 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Joseph Denis Madigan Jr., who passed away | 4 | | on May 21, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Madigan Jr. was born in Chicago in 1932; he | 6 | | married Carol Ann Malloy in 1958; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Madigan Jr. was raised in Oak Park and | 8 | | attended Fenwick High School and the University of Notre Dame; | 9 | | after graduating from Notre Dame, he was commissioned as an | 10 | | officer in the United States Navy; while in the Navy, he was | 11 | | ordered to run retail operations, including a grocery exchange, | 12 | | on a large Navy base in New Jersey; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Madigans was established in Chicago in 1881 by | 14 | | Joseph Madigan Jr.'s paternal grandfather, Denis Joseph | 15 | | Madigan; during his career, Joseph Madigan Jr. led an expansion | 16 | | that took Madigans from its Madison and Crawford flagship to | 17 | | the establishment of stores across Chicagoland, including | 18 | | stores in Winston Plaza in Melrose Park, Yorktown Shopping | 19 | | Center in Lombard, Woodfield Mall, Harlem Irving Plaza, and the | 20 | | North Riverside Park and Chicago Ridge Malls, among many | 21 | | others; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Madigan Jr. was well known as a highly | 2 | | creative and energetic merchant who foresaw and led a trend | 3 | | towards fashionable, price-conscious clothing that has become | 4 | | the norm in American retailing; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Madigan Jr. was preceded in death by his | 6 | | parents, Joseph D. Madigan and Florence Walsh Madigan, and his | 7 | | sister, Elizabeth Ann "Bette" Morris; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Madigan Jr. is survived by his loving wife | 9 | | of 53 years, Carol; his children and their families, Joseph and | 10 | | his wife, Eileen and their children, Mary Carol, Joseph, | 11 | | Michael, and Kathryn; John and his wife, Jennifer and their | 12 | | children, John, Therese, Daniel, Genevieve, Helen, Christine, | 13 | | and Michael Joseph; and Maria and her husband, Patrick Kelly, | 14 | | and their children, Patrick Emmett and Caroline Rose; and his | 15 | | sister, Nancy Schlacks; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 | | his family and friends, the passing of Joseph Denis Madigan | 19 | | Jr.; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Joseph Madigan Jr. as an expression | 22 | | of our sympathy.
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