Full Text of SR0921 95th General Assembly
SR0921 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
Michael B. Rafferty of Oak Brook, who | 4 |
| passed away on October 16, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael B. Rafferty was born in Dublin, Ireland; | 6 |
| he left Ireland in the 1950s and worked at an airport in Canada | 7 |
| before finding a job as a bartender at the Yankee Clipper (now | 8 |
| the Sheraton Yankee Clipper Hotel) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Michael B. Rafferty's skill tending bar in Ft. | 11 |
| Lauderdale caught the eye of Illinois businessman Horace | 12 |
| Barnhart, who persuaded him to come to Illinois to manage the | 13 |
| bar at the Butterfield Country Club in Oak Brook; after | 14 |
| Barnhart bought the eatery at 22nd Street and Midwest Road in | 15 |
| Oak Brook known as Andy's in the early 1960s, he took Mr. | 16 |
| Rafferty with him; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael B. Rafferty and his wife bought the | 18 |
| restaurant from Barnhart in 1978; after the sale, he made minor | 19 |
| changes to the restaurant, remodeling the bar, building a small | 20 |
| addition, and adding "Seafood" to the restaurant's name in the | 21 |
| mid-1980s; the place was a success, with a dedicated group of | 22 |
| regulars who populated its 100-seat lounge; on St. Patrick's |
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| Day, Mr. Rafferty brought in Irish dancers and other | 2 |
| entertainment, a celebration that resulted in about 1,500 | 3 |
| customers coming through to eat, drink, and carouse; and
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| WHEREAS, After Michael B. Rafferty's son, Dan Sanders, was | 5 |
| killed in a plane accident in 1998, he sold the restaurant that | 6 |
| same year and the building was torn down; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael B. Rafferty is survived by his wife, | 8 |
| Nancy; his sons, Scott Sanders and Michael; his daughter, Lisa | 9 |
| Nickey; his brothers, William, Noel, and Thomas; his sister, | 10 |
| Marie Plunkett; and his eight grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Michael B. Rafferty; and | 14 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Michael B. Rafferty as an expression | 17 |
| of our sympathy.
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