Full Text of SR1126 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of John O'Neill, who passed away on July 29, | 4 | | 2015, and Margaret T. O'Neill, who passed away on July 30, | 5 | | 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, John O'Neill and Margaret O'Neill were born only | 7 | | weeks apart in 1934, Margaret on November 2 and John on | 8 | | December 26; Margaret and John were students at St. Luke School | 9 | | in River Forest and were later married at St. Luke Catholic | 10 | | Church; in their long married life together, the beloved couple | 11 | | were very active and well known in the St. Luke parish | 12 | | community; John served as a deacon for many years; the O'Neills | 13 | | were also involved and supportive of both Trinity High School | 14 | | in River Forest, Fenwick High School in Oak Park, and other | 15 | | Catholic charities; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In the 1970s, John O'Neill purchased the F.C. | 17 | | Pilgrim & Company real estate company from John Pilgrim; he | 18 | | subsequently merged his established insurance agency into | 19 | | Pilgrim; in later years, several members of his large family | 20 | | took on key roles at Pilgrim; in June of 2011, F.C. Pilgrim was | 21 | | acquired by Chicago-based Baird & Warner; he was a staple of | 22 | | the local real estate community; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Margaret O'Neill was the "grand dame" of the | 2 | | O'Neill clan and, at St. Luke Catholic Church, she helped with | 3 | | the Caring and Sharing program, an effort which provides food | 4 | | and other assistance to people in need; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John O'Neill was preceded in death by his | 6 | | siblings, Emmett (Margaret Mary) and Bob (Pat) O'Neill and | 7 | | Maureen (Harry) Crawford; Margaret O'Neill was preceded in | 8 | | death by her siblings, John, Tom (Lynn), Tony (the late | 9 | | Claudette), and Jim (Mary) Barrett; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John and Margaret O'Neill are survived by their | 11 | | children, Patty (Frank) Baker, John (Pat), Peggy (Jack) | 12 | | Gleason, Michael (Margie), Mary (Joe) Bresnahan, Carol, Molly | 13 | | (Van) Conroy, and Danny (Cathy) O'Neill; their grandchildren, | 14 | | John Francis (Julie) and Mark (fiancee, Jenna Cluver) Baker, | 15 | | Kelly (Jon) Thielbar, Kevin and Erin O'Neill, Colleen (Joel) | 16 | | Thielen, and Patrick Gleason, Mary Loretta, Bridget, Kathleen, | 17 | | and Molly O'Neill, Michael, Mariclaire, and Matthew Bresnahan, | 18 | | Michael, Margaret Mary, Madeline, and Colleen Stephany, Jack | 19 | | and Andy Conroy, and Charlie and Daniel O'Neill; and their | 20 | | great-granddaughter, Maura Baker; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with their | 23 | | families and friends, mourn the passing of John O'Neill and |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of John and Margaret O'Neill as an | 4 | | expression of our sympathy.
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