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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened  to learn of the death of Bernard J.
 4    Milroy, Sr., 82, of Batavia who passed away  on  January  27,
 5    2003; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Milroy  was the second son of Mr. and Mrs.
 7    Edward (Anna Hoban) Milroy of Batavia; and

 8        WHEREAS, Mr.  Milroy  was  a  1938  graduate  of  Marmion
 9    Military  Academy  in  Aurora  and  attended Loras College in
10    Dubuque, Iowa, on a basketball  scholarship;  he  left  Loras
11    College  after  two years, following the death of his father;
12    he was employed by the Burlington-Northern Railroad for  over
13    40 years; and

14        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Milroy served as a 1st Lieutenant with the
15    220th Armored Engineers of the  20th Armored Division of  the
16    U.S.  Army  in the European Theater of World War II; he was a
17    veteran of the "Battle of the Bulge"; his unit was the  first
18    American  unit  to cross the Rhine River into Germany in 1945
19    and was among the liberating soldiers of the infamous  Dachau
20    Concentration Camp near Munich, Germany; and

21        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Milroy was a lifelong member of Holy Cross
22    Catholic Church, a  past  Grand  Knight  of  the  Knights  of
23    Columbus  Council  2191, and a member of the Batavia Veterans
24    of Foreign Wars (Council 1197); and

25        WHEREAS, As an  active  member  of  the  Marmion  Academy
26    community,  he was a recipient of the Academy's distinguished
27    alumnus award, the Centurion Award, and was  a  1996  Marmion
28    Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee; and

29        WHEREAS,  Mr. Milroy is survived by his wife of 54 years,
30    Farrell (Kennedy) Milroy; his nine children, Ms. Mary Milroy,
31    Mr.  Bernard  J. (Patricia) Milroy, Jr., Mrs. Peggy (Vincent)
 
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 1    Bellafiore, Mrs. Jane (Robert)  Bohr, Mrs. Patricia  (Thomas)
 2    White,  Mrs.  Maureen  (John)  Schultz,  Mr.  John K. (Susan)
 3    Milroy,  Mrs.  Kathleen  (Thomas)  Heaton,  and  Mr.  Timothy
 4    (Tamarah)   Milroy;   his   30   grandchildren;    his    six
 5    great-grandchildren;  his  brother,  Mr.  John  E.  (Valerie)
 6    Milroy; and his nephew, Mr. John P. (Sandra) Milroy; and

 7        WHEREAS, Mr. Milroy was preceded in death by his parents,
 8    Edward and Anna Milroy; his sister, Catherine (William) Cook;
 9    and  his two other sisters who died in infancy; therefore, be
10    it

11        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
12    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of
13    Bernard  J.  Milroy Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to
14    his family and friends; and be it further

15        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
16    presented  to  the  family  of  Bernard  J.  Milroy Sr. as an
17    expression of our deepest sympathy.