Full Text of SR0904 101st 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 former Illinois State Representative John | 4 | | C. "Jack"
McGuire, who passed away on January 2, 2020 at the | 5 | | age of 86; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was born in Joliet to Emmett and | 7 | | Mildred McGuire on May 12, 1933; he
was a parishioner of St. | 8 | | Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Joliet; he graduated from | 9 | | Joliet
Catholic High School in 1951; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire attended Joliet Junior College and | 11 | | was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame; he entered the | 12 | | United States Army and was stationed in Germany during the | 13 | | Korean War;
he enrolled in Colorado State College after | 14 | | completing his tour and graduated in 1958; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was a member of American Legion Post | 16 | | 1080, the Irish-American Society of
County Will, and Cantigny | 17 | | Post 367 VFW; he volunteered for Meals On Wheels and | 18 | | Cornerstone, as
well as various other community organizations; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was elected as a Democratic member to | 21 | | the Illinois House of Representatives;
he represented the 86th |
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| 1 | | District from 1990 to April 2012 and served as Assistant | 2 | | Majority Leader; he was a former Chairman of the House Aging | 3 | | Committee and a champion of senior issues; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire received the 2012 Larry Walsh | 5 | | Lifetime Achievement Award from the Will County Democratic | 6 | | Central Committee; prior to his
election to the House of | 7 | | Representatives, he served as Supervisor in Joliet Township | 8 | | from 1982 to 1991 and as a Trustee
from 1973 to 1982; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was an avid runner and completed the | 10 | | Chicago Marathon in 1986; he loved golf
and taking family trips | 11 | | with all of his grandchildren to Siesta Key, Florida and South | 12 | | Haven, Michigan; he
also enjoyed attending Joliet Catholic | 13 | | football games on Friday nights; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was preceded in death by his wife, | 15 | | Marilyn J. "Mitzi" (Miller); his parents; his
son, Thomas L. | 16 | | McGuire; his brother, Paul McGuire; his sister, Helen La Barre; | 17 | | and his second wife, Patricia; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire is survived by his children, Kathleen | 19 | | A. (John) Dougherty, Michael E.
McGuire, and Julie A. (Thomas) | 20 | | Sicinski; his grandchildren, Jillian (Sean Whitney), Patrick | 21 | | and Michael
Dougherty, Thomas, Patrick (Liz), Michael (Amy), | 22 | | and Sean McGuire, and Alexander, Stephanie, Emily, and
Zachary |
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| 1 | | Sicinski; his great-grandchildren, Baird, Shae, and Henry | 2 | | McGuire; one great-grandson due in the
spring; his twin | 3 | | brother, James E. (Judith) McGuire; his sister-in-law, Marilyn | 4 | | A. McGuire; his brother-in-law,
James Miller; his | 5 | | sisters-in-law, Lois Bernhard and Ruth Ann Campbell; and | 6 | | several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | former Illinois State Representative John C. "Jack"
McGuire and | 10 | | extend our sincere condolences to his family,
friends, and all | 11 | | who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Rep. McGuire as an
expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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