Full Text of HR0986 93rd General Assembly
HR0986 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Patrick | 4 |
| J. Cleary on Sunday, April 25, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Cleary was born on January 20, 1929, in | 6 |
| Momence to James A. and Nellie Liston Cleary; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Cleary had been the publisher/editor of the | 8 |
| Farmers Weekly Review since 1963; his long career in journalism | 9 |
| started at the age of 15, when he went to work at the Kankakee | 10 |
| Daily Journal; he also worked at the Gary Post Tribune and for | 11 |
| the Associated Press as well as many other newspapers during | 12 |
| his journalistic career; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Cleary was a former City Clerk in Kankakee and | 14 |
| the Secretary of the Police and Fire Commissions; he served as | 15 |
| County Clerk and Clerk of the Courts in Kankakee County; he was | 16 |
| appointed by Governor Richard Ogilvie as Chairman of the Board | 17 |
| of Review for the Department of Labor, a position he held from | 18 |
| 1965 until 1973; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Cleary was a member of the Board of Directors | 20 |
| of the International Press Club of Chicago and a former 37-year | 21 |
| member of the Old Chicago Press Club; he also held memberships | 22 |
| with the Chicago Press Veterans Association, the National Press | 23 |
| Club of Washington, D.C., and the Indianapolis Press Club; he | 24 |
| was a member and past Exalted Ruler of the Joliet Elks Lodge | 25 |
| No. 296 and a former chairman of the Board of Trustees; he was | 26 |
| named Illinois Elk of the Year in 1995; he served as a past | 27 |
| State public relations chairman for the Illinois Elks | 28 |
| Association; he was a member of Kankakee Moose Lodge No. 802 | 29 |
| and an honorary life member of the Knights of Columbus in | 30 |
| Kankakee, third and fourth degree member; he was also a member | 31 |
| of the Illinois Farm Editors Association; and |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Cleary was well-known for his affinity for | 2 |
| words, facts, and history; he was an avid reader, especially | 3 |
| favoring historical and biographical works; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Patrick J. Cleary has been deeply | 5 |
| felt by many, especially his sons and daughter-in-law, James A. | 6 |
| and Gail Cleary and Michael J. Cleary; his son-in-law, Patrick | 7 |
| Hickey; and his 5 grandchildren, Patrick Cleary, Daniel Cleary, | 8 |
| Nora Hickey, Conor Hickey, and Clare Hickey; he was preceded in | 9 |
| death by his daughter, Mary Hickey; his parents; his sister, | 10 |
| Rita Jean Cleary; and his half-sister, Mary Betcher; therefore, | 11 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| mourn the passing of Patrick J. Cleary, and we extend our | 15 |
| deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and | 16 |
| loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Patrick J. Cleary as an expression | 19 |
| of our sincere condolences.
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