Full Text of SR1583 100th 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 Joseph A. "Joe" Morrissey, who passed | 4 | | away on April 2, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joe Morrissey was born on the family farm near | 6 | | Amboy to William R. and Aileen (Brady) Morrissey on August 16, | 7 | | 1929; early on, he learned discipline by milking cows at 5 a.m. | 8 | | every day, bailing hay, and feeding pigs and chickens; he | 9 | | scrapped metal and sold eggs to make side money during World | 10 | | War II; he attended St. Anne Elementary School and graduated | 11 | | from Amboy High School in 1947 and St. Ambrose University in | 12 | | 1951; he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and | 13 | | earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Illinois | 14 | | School of Law in 1958; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Joe Morrissey worked in the State Farm Claims | 16 | | Department until 1964 when he began a private law practice in | 17 | | Rockford, concentrating in personal injury claims for over 50 | 18 | | years; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, On December 13, 1978, Joe Morrissey took his last | 20 | | drink of alcohol and his first step into Alcoholics Anonymous, | 21 | | where he not only received the help he needed, but gave back by | 22 | | helping numerous others; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Joe Morrissey loved the community of Rockford and | 2 | | spent countless hours and nearly all of his life savings to | 3 | | help redevelop downtown Rockford and other impoverished parts | 4 | | of the city; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Joe Morrissey enjoyed practicing his Catholic | 6 | | faith, gardening, morning coffee with his buddies, and | 7 | | campaigning for his son, former Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Joe Morrissey was preceded in death by his | 10 | | parents; his grandson, Michael Joseph Morrissey; his brothers, | 11 | | Robert, John "Tiny", and Reverend William Morrissey; his | 12 | | sisters, Rosie and Bette; his brothers-in-law, Leroy Goy, Doug | 13 | | Koch, George Hawks, Louis Wilhelm, Alvin Glenn, Gene Carroll, | 14 | | Lloyd Considine, Jack Scorby, and Joe (Marge) Matranga; his | 15 | | brother and sister-in-law, Cosmo and Antonette Matranga; three | 16 | | infant Matranga brothers-in-law; his nephew and godson, Tim | 17 | | Considine; and his nephews, Jay Hawks and Brian Goy; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Joe Morrissey is survived by his wife, Josephine; | 19 | | his kids, Bill (Melissa), Eileen (Joe), and Larry (Stacy); his | 20 | | grandchildren, Larissa, Joseph, Josh, Matt, Andrew, Grace, | 21 | | Seanna, Sophia, Dillon, and AJ; his sisters, Rita, Lois, | 22 | | Frances, Monica, Barb, and Colleen; his sisters-in-law, |
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| 1 | | Corrine and Linda; and his brother, Larry; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 | | Joseph A. "Joe" Morrissey, and extend our sincere condolences | 5 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 6 | | it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Joe Morrissey as an expression of | 9 | | our deepest sympathy.
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