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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Michael J. O'Malley, father of fourteen children,
5 including State Senator Patrick J. O'Malley, who recently
6 passed away; and
7 WHEREAS, Michael J. O'Malley was born on December 12,
8 1925; he lived in the Mount Greenwood and Morgan Park
9 communities on the Southwest Side of Chicago for many years,
10 eventually moving to Palos Park; and
11 WHEREAS, Michael J. O'Malley was a proud Plumbers Local
12 130 union plumber with the City of Chicago, where he worked
13 for twenty years before retiring; Mr. O'Malley then began a
14 full-time career in real estate, where he worked as a real
15 estate broker on the Southwest Side and the Southwest
16 suburbs; and
17 WHEREAS, Michael J. O'Malley will be remembered for the
18 high values he placed on family and education; he attended
19 St. Ignatius High School, taking accelerated courses so he
20 could enlist in the Army Air Corps during World War II; he
21 went on to serve in the European Theater during the war; and
22 WHEREAS, Michael J. O'Malley earned his Bachelor's and
23 Master's degrees in history at DePaul University and taught
24 history and civics at Leo High School; and
25 WHEREAS, As a young man he raised purebred Irish terriers
26 and greyhound dogs with his father; Henry Cabot Lodge flew
27 into Midway Airport from Boston to select one of Mr.
28 O'Malley's dogs as his own; the family of Alderman Ed Burke
29 and Representative Dan Burke also owned one of Mr. O'Malley's
30 dogs; and
31 WHEREAS, The passing of Michael J. O'Malley will be
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1 deeply felt by his family and friends, especially his loving
2 wife, Eileen; his children, Michael P. O'Malley, State
3 Senator Patrick J. O'Malley, Thomas K. O'Malley, Eileen M.
4 O'Malley, Mary Margaret Shannon, Terrence A. O'Malley, Daniel
5 L. O'Malley, Joan M. Gross, Reverend Timothy J. O'Malley,
6 Paul S. O'Malley, and William S. O'Malley; his mother, Mary
7 "Mae" O'Malley Cummings; his seventeen grandchildren, Brigid
8 Anne, Patrick J., Jr., Michael Thomas, Rory Alexander,
9 Maureen Therese, Margaret Mary, Declan James, Michael
10 Christopher, Daniel Alexander, Sean Christopher, Siobahn
11 Alicia, Joseph Ryan, Brian Thomas, Connor Philip, John James,
12 Claire Elizabeth, and Grace Eileen; and his
13 great-granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth; therefore, be it
14 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
16 all who knew and were touched by this man, the passing of
17 Michael J. O'Malley of Palos Park, Illinois; and be it
18 further
19 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20 presented to the family of Michael J. O'Malley, along with
21 our sincere thoughts at this time.