Full Text of SR0159 94th General Assembly
SR0159 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of James Duke Curran of Quincy | 4 |
| on Saturday, April 9, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on July 23, 1921, in Chicago to Edward | 6 |
| and Florida Mary (Meyer) Curran; he married Barbara Jean Lee on | 7 |
| November 18, 1944, in Bloomington; she preceded him in death on | 8 |
| December 25, 1996; he later married Jane (Gardner) Tanner on | 9 |
| January 26, 2002, at St. Peter Catholic Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Curran was a 1941 graduate of Quincy Senior | 11 |
| High School, where he was an All-State football player; he is a | 12 |
| member of the Quincy High School Hall of Fame in both football | 13 |
| and track; he continued his football career after high school, | 14 |
| becoming an All-American football player for the University of | 15 |
| Iowa Hawkeyes and also playing for the Navy Seahawks while in | 16 |
| the service; and
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| WHEREAS, He received his bachelor's degree from the | 18 |
| University of Iowa and later received a master's degree in | 19 |
| science; he valiantly served his country as a member of the | 20 |
| U.S. Navy Air Corps during World War II, serving as a night | 21 |
| fighter pilot and a pilot instructor; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, Over the years, Mr. Curran owned and operated | 23 |
| Curran Real Estate and Curran Construction Company; from 1975 | 24 |
| until his retirement in 1987, he was the activities director | 25 |
| for the Illinois Veterans Home; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an active and devoted member of St. Peter | 27 |
| Catholic Church; he was a member of the St. Peter Social | 28 |
| Concerns Committee, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a | 29 |
| past board member of the Madonna House; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of James Duke Curran has been deeply | 2 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Jane; his sons, Michael | 3 |
| Curran and his wife, Cathy, James Curran, Thomas Curran and his | 4 |
| wife, Vicky, Mark Curran, Kevin Curran, Gregory Curran and his | 5 |
| wife, Michelle, Patrick Curran and his wife, Betty, Dr. Douglas | 6 |
| Curran and his wife, Chante, and Peter Curran; his daughters, | 7 |
| Catherine Curran Jarratt and her husband, Robert, Sally Curran | 8 |
| Brown and her husband, Rick, and Dr. Anne Lowey and her | 9 |
| husband, Dr. Ken; his stepsons, Greg Tanner and Kevin Tanner; | 10 |
| his stepdaughter, Melissa Tanner; his 29 grandchildren; his | 11 |
| four step-grandchildren; his seven great-grandchildren; and | 12 |
| his two step-great-grandchildren; in addition to his first | 13 |
| wife, Mr. Curran was preceded in death by his parents and his | 14 |
| son, Dr. Christopher Duke Curran; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 |
| James Duke Curran, and we offer our sincere condolences to his | 18 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 19 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 22 |
| sympathy.
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