SR0196 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of David G. Dominguez of Johnsburg, formerly of Chicago, who passed away on April 1, 2009; and

WHEREAS, He was born June 30, 1944, in Chicago, to Gilbert and Eusebia nee Hernandez Dominguez; he was a member of the Richard M. Daley Drum & Bugle Corps; he graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in industrial engineering and received his M.B.A. from Northwestern University; and

WHEREAS, He was a former employee of Baxter & Abbott Laboratories for many years; he served as a Johnsburg trustee from 1989 to 1997 and as Village President from 1997 until his death, serving always to promote the betterment of the community he loved; he was nominated by the Johnsburg Lions Club and recently had received the Citizen of the Year Award; and

WHEREAS, He was a longtime member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Johnsburg, where he was a former CCD teacher and member of Johnsburg Community Club; a former Boy Scouts of America troop leader; and he had served on the Johnsburg Educational Partnership Board of Directors; he enjoyed gardening and loved spending time with his family and dear friends; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers-in-law; and by his in-laws, Gayle Gerstung and Ralph Gerstung; and

WHEREAS, He will be greatly missed by his wife, Sue Dominguez nee Gerstung, with whom he was united in marriage January 9, 1971, in Chicago; his children, Michael (Dawn) Dominguez, Aaron (fiancée Valerie Haft) Dominguez, and Christen Schacht; his grandchildren, Kenndra, Morgan, Devynn, Sophie, and Charlie; his brother, Paul Dominguez; his sisters, Virginia (Jack) Bennecke, Dolores LaBarbara, and Sabina (John) Mazzio; and his nieces, nephews, cousins, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, as well as other relatives and many friends; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of David Dominguez; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of David Dominguez as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.