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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of John O'Neill, who passed away on July 29,
42015, and Margaret T. O'Neill, who passed away on July 30,
52015; and
 
6    WHEREAS, John O'Neill and Margaret O'Neill were born only
7weeks apart in 1934, Margaret on November 2 and John on
8December 26; Margaret and John were students at St. Luke School
9in River Forest and were later married at St. Luke Catholic
10Church; in their long married life together, the beloved couple
11were very active and well known in the St. Luke parish
12community; John served as a deacon for many years; the O'Neills
13were also involved and supportive of both Trinity High School
14in River Forest, Fenwick High School in Oak Park, and other
15Catholic charities; and
 
16    WHEREAS, In the 1970s, John O'Neill purchased the F.C.
17Pilgrim & Company real estate company from John Pilgrim; he
18subsequently merged his established insurance agency into
19Pilgrim; in later years, several members of his large family
20took on key roles at Pilgrim; in June of 2011, F.C. Pilgrim was
21acquired by Chicago-based Baird & Warner; he was a staple of
22the local real estate community; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Margaret O'Neill was the "grand dame" of the
2O'Neill clan and, at St. Luke Catholic Church, she helped with
3the Caring and Sharing program, an effort which provides food
4and other assistance to people in need; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John O'Neill was preceded in death by his
6siblings, Emmett (Margaret Mary) and Bob (Pat) O'Neill and
7Maureen (Harry) Crawford; Margaret O'Neill was preceded in
8death by her siblings, John, Tom (Lynn), Tony (the late
9Claudette), and Jim (Mary) Barrett; and
 
10    WHEREAS, John and Margaret O'Neill are survived by their
11children, Patty (Frank) Baker, John (Pat), Peggy (Jack)
12Gleason, Michael (Margie), Mary (Joe) Bresnahan, Carol, Molly
13(Van) Conroy, and Danny (Cathy) O'Neill; their grandchildren,
14John Francis (Julie) and Mark (fiancee, Jenna Cluver) Baker,
15Kelly (Jon) Thielbar, Kevin and Erin O'Neill, Colleen (Joel)
16Thielen, and Patrick Gleason, Mary Loretta, Bridget, Kathleen,
17and Molly O'Neill, Michael, Mariclaire, and Matthew Bresnahan,
18Michael, Margaret Mary, Madeline, and Colleen Stephany, Jack
19and Andy Conroy, and Charlie and Daniel O'Neill; and their
20great-granddaughter, Maura Baker; therefore, be it
 
21    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
22ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with their
23families and friends, mourn the passing of John O'Neill and

 

 

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1Margaret T. O'Neill; and be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3presented to the family of John and Margaret O'Neill as an
4expression of our sympathy.