Full Text of SR0918 95th General Assembly
SR0918 95TH 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
F.D. "Lee" Conlon of Williams Bay, | 4 |
| Wisconsin, who passed away on October 22, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon was born on May 17, 1921 in Chicago; | 6 |
| in 1949, he married Betty Klima; together, they raised their | 7 |
| family in Park Forest; and
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| WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon served with the Cook County Highway | 9 |
| Department for 11 years, retiring in 1987; he was also a former | 10 |
| Chicago advertising salesman and served as a Rich Township | 11 |
| Democratic committeeman from 1982 until 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, After his retirement, F.D. Conlon and his wife | 13 |
| traveled extensively to locations in Europe, Africa, | 14 |
| Australia, New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, Canada, and Hawaii; | 15 |
| he also developed his talent as a painter of wildlife and | 16 |
| landscapes in the Lake Geneva area where he and his wife lived; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon was an intense reader who would put | 19 |
| together packages of clippings and copies of stories involving | 20 |
| politics, current events, literature, and the arts that might | 21 |
| interest his children; and
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| WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon is survived by his wife; his | 2 |
| daughters; Patricia Grosso and Cathy Conlon; his sons, Kevin, | 3 |
| Michael, and Thomas; and his 10 grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 |
| his family and friends, the passing of F.D. "Lee" Conlon; and | 7 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of F.D. Conlon as an expression of our | 10 |
| sympathy.
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