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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Joseph P. Wall of Chicago and formerly of
4 Park Ridge on Sunday, April 9, 2000; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. Wall, who died at the age of 75, was a
6 graduate of Marmion Military Academy in Aurora; he enlisted
7 in the United States Army in 1943 and was a staff sergeant in
8 Europe until the end of World War II; and
9 WHEREAS, He followed in his father's footsteps, who
10 served as an advertising manager for the Chicago Tribune, and
11 worked in the classified department for the Chicago Sun in
12 the mid-1950s; he was the department's national sales
13 manager; and
14 WHEREAS, Mr. Wall worked on the West Coast for a while
15 but returned in the 1960s to work on magazines; in 1972, he
16 opened Joseph P. Wall & Associates, an advertising
17 representative firm he operated from his home in Park Ridge;
18 he served as the advertising representative for magazines,
19 including the Saturday Review, the Architectural Digest, and
20 the Dallas Home & Garden; and
21 WHEREAS, In the 1980s, Mr. Wall went to work for the
22 Public Broadcasting Service; he retired in 1995; and
23 WHEREAS, The passing of Joseph P. Wall will be deeply
24 felt by his family and friends, especially his wife, Shari;
25 his sons, Joseph, Jr. and Terrence; his daughters, Virginia
26 Robertson, Barbara Weymouth, Kathleen Schultz, Marianne
27 Majerus, and Nancy Juckett; his seven grandchildren; and his
28 five great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
29 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
30 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
31 and regret the death of Joseph P. Wall and extend our sincere
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1 condolences to his family and friends; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to his widow, Shari Wall.