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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Michael Joseph "Mike" LaMonica Sr. of
4Rockford, who passed away on December 26, 2019; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica was born in Chicago to Joseph and
6Louise (Canova) LaMonica on November 24, 1927; he graduated
7from Austin High School in Chicago in 1945 and served in the
8U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1947; he married Marguerite "Sally" Hess
9in Chicago on July 2, 1949; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica's career with Anheuser Busch began
11in the 1950s as a salesman in Chicago; he rose through the
12leadership and achieved the position of Vice President of
13Sales; in 1988, he founded his own local distributorship,
14LaMonica Beverages; under his leadership, the company quickly
15doubled in size and continued to grow throughout the years as a
16model successful family business; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica was a board member of the Variety
18Club of St. Louis since 1980, where he served as past
19president; he was also a board member of the National
20Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago since 1986 and
21the National Italian-American Foundation in Washington since
221987; he was on the board of directors of Rockford Memorial

 

 

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1Hospital and Illinois Growth Enterprises for 10 years, where he
2served as president; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica was named Man of the Year by City of
4Hope of St Louis in 1989; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica was an avid golfer and past member
6of the Edgewater Golf Club in Chicago, the Mauh-Nah-Tee-See
7Country Club in Rockford, the Hazeltine Country Club in
8Minnesota, the Forest Hills Country Club in Missouri, and the
9Lakeside Country and Mission Hills Country Clubs in California;
10and
 
11    WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica was preceded in death by his parents
12and his daughter, Maria Lynn LaMonica; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Mike LaMonica is survived by his wife of 70 years,
14Sally; his children, Mike (Kathy) LaMonica Jr., Marjie (Larry)
15LaMonica-Malizio, Mitch (Kim) LaMonica, and Rick (Jillian)
16LaMonica; his grandchildren, Carly, M.J. (Anna), Jessie
17(Ryan), Shawn (Lara), Todd (Kristi), Lacee, Lindsey, Lexi,
18Matthew, and Mason; and his great-grandchildren, Cole, Evan,
19Adelyn, Jack, and Claire; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

 

 

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1Michael Joseph "Mike" LaMonica Sr. of Rockford and extend our
2sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew
3and loved him; and be it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5presented to the family of Mike LaMonica as an expression of
6our deepest sympathy.