Full Text of SR0986 96th 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 Gerald M. Sheridan Jr. of Wheaton, who | 4 | | passed away on September 18, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He grew up in the western suburbs of Chicago and | 6 | | graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in Elmhurst; | 7 | | he graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor's degree | 8 | | and received his law degree from the DePaul College of Law, | 9 | | where he served as editor of the law review; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Navy for four | 11 | | years; he opened a law practice in Wheaton, concentrating on | 12 | | airport litigation, after practicing in Aurora and Chicago; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, After serving on a school district long-range | 14 | | planning committee, Mr. Sheridan was appointed in 1980 to fill | 15 | | a vacancy on the Community Unit District #200 Board of | 16 | | Education and won a two-year term on the Board in November of | 17 | | 1981; during a difficult time of tight finances and declining | 18 | | enrollments for the school district, Mr. Sheridan exhibited | 19 | | leadership in district reorganization and in labor relations; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, He served as president of the United Way of |
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| 1 | | Wheaton and Carol Stream and he was active in the Greater | 2 | | Wheaton Chamber of Commerce; and | 3 | | | 4 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Sheridan is survived by his wife, Lois; his | 5 | | son, Mark; his daughters, Amy Sheridan-Dufresne, Vicki | 6 | | Sheridan-Davison, and Polly Sheridan-Kenny; his brother, Tom; | 7 | | his sisters, Patricia Pearson and Janet Erwin; and his | 8 | | seventeen grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 | | his family and friends, the passing of Gerald Sheridan Jr.; and | 12 | | be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Gerald M. Sheridan Jr. as a symbol | 15 | | of our sincere sympathy.
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