Full Text of SR0601 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Thomas "Tom" Kane Cavanagh of | 4 | | Springfield, who passed away on October 17, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tom Cavanagh was born to William Kane and Eleanor | 6 | | Margaret Lloyd Cavanagh in Springfield on September 20, 1955; | 7 | | he played on the undefeated youth baseball teams, the 1965 | 8 | | Tolly's Market of the Clark Griffith Little League and the | 9 | | 1969 Marriott's Pharmacy of the Washington Park Pony League; | 10 | | he
was a graduate of St. Agnes Grade School, Griffin High | 11 | | School, where he was a member of the 1973 City Basketball | 12 | | Champion Griffin Cyclones, and Georgetown University; he | 13 | | married Diann Reed in Anna Maria, Florida in 2013; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Tom Cavanagh worked for many years for the | 15 | | Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs in the | 16 | | Job Training Division and the Division of Audits; he then had a | 17 | | 32-year career as a local elected official; he served on the | 18 | | Springfield Park Board, as Sangamon County Auditor, and four | 19 | | terms as Sangamon County Treasurer; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Tom Cavanagh served in leadership roles with the | 21 | | Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD), the Illinois | 22 | | County Auditors' Association, and the Illinois County |
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| 1 | | Treasurers' Association; he was appointed by Governor Ryan to | 2 | | the Illinois Local Records Commission; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Tom Cavanagh was awarded the IAPD's Presidential | 4 | | Award for his service as association treasurer in 1996; he was | 5 | | a two-time Illinois County Treasurer of the Year and the 2018 | 6 | | Illinois County Official of the Year; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Tom Cavanagh was a member of the Sangamo Club, | 8 | | the American Business Club, Knights of Columbus Council 364, | 9 | | Elks Lodge #158, the Tara Hills Homeowners' Association, and | 10 | | the Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program; he was | 11 | | active in the St. John's Breadline ministry through St. Agnes | 12 | | Church; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Tom Cavanagh enjoyed sports and rooted for the | 14 | | St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Bears, and the Fighting | 15 | | Illini; he had a fondness for travel of any kind and was able | 16 | | to enjoy many fun adventures with his wife in his later years; | 17 | | he was very interested in geography with waterfalls being a | 18 | | personal favorite; he had a lifelong interest in American | 19 | | history and recorded hundreds of C-SPAN lectures, which he | 20 | | enjoyed viewing in his spare time; he had a fondness for French | 21 | | baguettes, Belgian beer, Irish sweaters, Italian cuisine, | 22 | | British TV mysteries, Australian licorice, Canadian whiskey, | 23 | | and an all too rare Cuban cigar; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Tom Cavanagh was preceded in death by his parents | 2 | | and his brothers-in-law, Jeff Magill and Tom Witges; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Tom Cavanagh is survived by his wife; his son, | 4 | | Matt (Kalena) Cavanagh; his daughter, Courtney (Alexa | 5 | | Machulis) Cavanagh; his granddaughter, Cameron Busby Cavanagh; | 6 | | his five sisters, Anne Magill, Mary (Tom) Corcoran, Maureen | 7 | | (Randy) Squires, Katy (Joe) Khayyat, and Susan (Bob) Larkin; | 8 | | his three brothers, Bill (Colleen Lucas) Cavanagh, Bob | 9 | | (Maureen) Cavanagh, and Pat Cavanagh; his aunt, Sandy | 10 | | Cavanagh; his sisters-in-law, Lisa Witges and Sandra Kinion; | 11 | | and his many nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 14 | | Thomas "Tom" Kane Cavanagh and extend our sincere
condolences | 15 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be | 16 | | it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 18 | | presented to the family of Tom Cavanagh as an expression of
our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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