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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of F.D.
4 "Lee" Conlon of Williams Bay, Wisconsin, who passed away on
5 October 22, 2008; and
 
6     WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon was born on May 17, 1921 in Chicago;
7 in 1949, he married Betty Klima; together, they raised their
8 family in Park Forest; and
 
9     WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon served with the Cook County Highway
10 Department for 11 years, retiring in 1987; he was also a former
11 Chicago advertising salesman and served as a Rich Township
12 Democratic committeeman from 1982 until 1987, when his son,
13 Kevin, succeeded him; and
 
14     WHEREAS, After his retirement in 1989, F.D. Conlon and his
15 wife traveled extensively to locations in Europe, Africa,
16 Australia, New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, Canada, and Hawaii;
17 he also developed his talent as a painter of wildlife and
18 landscapes in the Lake Geneva area where he and his wife lived;
19 and
 
20     WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon was an intense reader who would put
21 together packages of clippings and copies of stories involving

 

 

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1 politics, current events, literature, and the arts that might
2 interest his children; and
 
3     WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon is survived by his wife; his
4 daughters; Patricia Grosso and Cathy Conlon; his sons, Kevin,
5 Michael, and Thomas; and his 10 grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8 mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of F.D.
9 "Lee" Conlon; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of F.D. Conlon as an expression of our
12 sympathy.