Full Text of SR1132 96th 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 William A. Rolando of Springfield, | 4 | | formerly of Jerseyville, who passed away on October 20, 2010; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born January 15, 1947, in Litchfield, one | 7 | | of four children born to the late Lawrence J. and Olive (Bauer) | 8 | | Rolando; he married the former Sandra Shaw on August 14, 1965, | 9 | | at the Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Jerseyville and together | 10 | | they shared 45 years of marriage; he graduated with the Class | 11 | | of 1965 from Jersey Community High School, and held several | 12 | | jobs before beginning work with McIntyre Construction in | 13 | | Jerseyville as a lead worker and site superintendant; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, After sustaining a paralyzing injury at work, he | 15 | | returned to school to further his education, earning his B.S. | 16 | | in business and marketing management in 1979, where he was a | 17 | | Illinois State Scholarship and Illinois Association of | 18 | | Realtors Scholarpship Recipient, and his masters in business | 19 | | administration in 1987 both from Southern Illinois University | 20 | | of Edwardsville; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1977, he and his wife began a 20 years | 22 | | association in the real estate world, with Rolando Real Estate |
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| 1 | | in Jerseyville; in 1981, he was called upon by newly elected | 2 | | Secretary of State Jim Edgar to serve as a Special Projects | 3 | | Director; he later became the Director of Personnel and Chief | 4 | | Labor Negotiator for the Illinois Secretary of State, and | 5 | | retired in 2003 as Director of the Illinois Department of | 6 | | Labor; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, He was a very community and civic minded | 8 | | individual who easily gave of his time and efforts; while a | 9 | | resident of Jerseyville, he served on the Zoning Commission and | 10 | | Recreation Board; he was a staunch Republican, and served on | 11 | | numerous boards and committees, including serving as Jersey | 12 | | County precinct committeman and as the Chairman of the Jersey | 13 | | County Republican Central Committee for 23 years until 2003; he | 14 | | also served as the former president of the Illinois Republican | 15 | | County Chairmans Association; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Outside of the political scene, he also served on | 17 | | numerous professional organizations and service and fraternal | 18 | | organizations; he was active with the Illinois Public Employers | 19 | | Labor Relations Association and the National Public Employers | 20 | | Labor Relations Association, serving as president of both | 21 | | organizations; he also was active in the Jaycees, serving as | 22 | | former president of the Jerseyville chapter, and former vice | 23 | | president of the State organization; he was an advisor for the | 24 | | Boy Scouts of America; he was a member of the Knights of |
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| 1 | | Columbus, Holy Family Council of Chatham 4179, Roman Cultural | 2 | | Society, Fraternal Order of the Elks, and former president of | 3 | | the Jersey County Slo Pitch Softball Association; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his daughter, Jennifer | 5 | | Sue Rolando; and his father in law, Robert Shaw; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, William Rolando is survived by his wife, Sandra | 7 | | Shaw; his daughters and sons-in-law, Christine Norman, Becky | 8 | | and Ed Hunter, and Kathy and Nathan Shalley; his grandchildren, | 9 | | Tyler, C.J., and Sydney Norman, Molly, Jack, Max, and Lucy | 10 | | Hunter, and Tucker and Grace Shalley; his sister, Carole | 11 | | Rolando, and her husband, Mike Myers; his brothers and | 12 | | sisters-in-law, Mick and Susan Rolando and David and Sue | 13 | | Rolando; and his mother-in-law, Doris Shaw; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 | | his family and friends, the passing of William Rolando; and be | 17 | | it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of William Rolando as a symbol of our | 20 | | sincere sympathy.
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