Full Text of SR1626 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of William J. "Gov" Bolger of McHenry, who | 4 | | passed away on February 24, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Bolger was born on the family farm a few | 6 | | miles south of McHenry to Thomas and Grace (Doherty) Bolger on | 7 | | October 9, 1920; he graduated from McHenry High School in 1938 | 8 | | and married Madeline Freund at St. Mary Church in McHenry on | 9 | | July 2, 1966; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, William Bolger worked one year at the Farmers Mill | 11 | | before returning to operate the family farm in the heart of the | 12 | | Irish Prairie alongside the Fox River until 2010; he raised and | 13 | | cared for dairy cattle, pigs, and chickens with the help of | 14 | | neighborhood boys; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, William Bolger and his brothers, Tom and Bill, | 16 | | formed the McHenry Shamrocks hard-ball baseball team; along | 17 | | with neighbors and friends, they won the county championship in | 18 | | 1949; he and his wife, Madeline, enjoyed having a large garden | 19 | | and attending family picnics and special events; he belonged to | 20 | | St. Patrick Church all his life, where he was an usher and | 21 | | Eucharistic Minister; he also belonged to the Foresters and the | 22 | | Knights of Columbus; he and his wife were active participants |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, William Bolger was preceded in death by his wife, | 3 | | Madeline; his parents; his brother, Thomas; his three sisters, | 4 | | Vivian Eastman, Eleanor Sullivan, and Mabel Weber; and his four | 5 | | brothers-in-law, Richard Eastman, Edwin Sullivan, Richard | 6 | | Weber, George Miller, and Harold Stilling, Sr.; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, William Bolger is survived by his son, John | 8 | | Bolger; his granddaughter, Sara Bolger; his brother, William | 9 | | (Carol) Bolger; his sisters, Grace Bolger Stilling, Ann Bolger | 10 | | Miller, Margaret (Richard) Carey, and Rita (Raymond) Gaylord; | 11 | | and his sister-in-law, Kathryn Nye Bolger; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | William J. Bolger, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of William Bolger as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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