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91_SR0293
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Dr. Roy J. O'Neil, Jr. of Geneva on
4 Wednesday, February 2, 2000; and
5 WHEREAS, He was born on March 3, 1926 in Aurora, the son
6 of Roy J. O'Neil and Carolyn Smith O'Neil; in 1943, he
7 graduated from East Aurora High School; he served in the
8 United States Navy as a pilot during World War II from
9 1943-1945, attaining the rank of Lt. S.G.; and
10 WHEREAS, In 1949, he received his bachelor's and master's
11 degrees from the University of Notre Dame; he received a
12 doctorate from Northern Illinois University; and
13 WHEREAS, Dr. O'Neil was employed at East Aurora High
14 School as Choral Director from the mid 1950s until the early
15 1960s; he then became an administrator for School District
16 131 in the role of Coordinator of Research and Development;
17 and
18 WHEREAS, Dr. O'Neil directed The Miss Illinois Pageant
19 from 1960-1963; he also co-founded the Mid-American Canoe
20 Race in 1961; he founded Countersearch, Inc., a management
21 consulting business in 1971, where he worked until 1994; he
22 was also the founding member and president of R.A.M.S.; and
23 WHEREAS, Dr. O'Neil was a member of St. John the Baptist
24 Catholic Church in Somonauk, where he was the choir director
25 from 1972 until 1996; he was a member of the Knights of
26 Columbus, the Loyal Order of Moose, and the American Legion;
27 he was a charter member of the Aurora Foundation and a
28 charter member of the Compassion Foundation; he was also a
29 member of the Notre Dame Club of Fox Valley and a member of
30 Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; and
31 WHEREAS, Dr. O'Neil was a member of the Outdoor Writer's
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1 Association of America and former president of the
2 Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers; and
3 WHEREAS, For over 40 years, he wrote a column for The
4 Beacon News under the pen name of "Bob White"; and
5 WHEREAS, His passing will be deeply felt by his family
6 and friends, especially his wife, Donna Mae; his children,
7 Kevin and Candace O'Neil, Carrie Beckman, Timothy and Jo-Ann
8 O'Neil, Shawn and Mary Pat O'Neil, and Maureen and Timothy
9 Boylan; his eleven grandchildren; and his brothers and
10 sisters-in-law, John and Laura O'Neil and Robert and Nancy
11 O'Neil; therefore, be it
12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
14 and regret the death of Dr. Roy J. O'Neil, Jr., and extend
15 our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and be it
16 further
17 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
18 presented to the family of Dr. Roy J. O'Neil, Jr.