Bill Text: IL HR0675 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of former Illinois State Representative John C. "Jack" McGuire.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-02-25 - Resolution Adopted [HR0675 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0675-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois State Representative John C. "Jack"
McGuire, who | ||||||
| 5 | passed away on January 2, 2020 at the age of 86; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was born in Joliet to Emmett and | ||||||
| 7 | Mildred McGuire on May 12, 1933; he
was a parishioner of St. | ||||||
| 8 | Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Joliet; he graduated from | ||||||
| 9 | Joliet
Catholic High School in 1951; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire attended Joliet Junior College and | ||||||
| 11 | was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame; he entered the | ||||||
| 12 | United States Army and was stationed in Germany during the | ||||||
| 13 | Korean War;
he enrolled in Colorado State College after | ||||||
| 14 | completing his tour and graduated in 1958; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was a member of American Legion Post | ||||||
| 16 | 1080, the Irish-American Society of
County Will, and Cantigny | ||||||
| 17 | Post 367 VFW; he volunteered for Meals On Wheels and | ||||||
| 18 | Cornerstone, as
well as various other community organizations; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was elected as a Democratic member to | ||||||
| 21 | the Illinois House of Representatives;
he represented the 86th | ||||||
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| 1 | District from 1990 to April 2012 and served as Assistant | ||||||
| 2 | Majority Leader; he was a former Chairman of the House Aging | ||||||
| 3 | Committee and a champion of senior issues; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire received the 2012 Larry Walsh | ||||||
| 5 | Lifetime Achievement Award from the Will County Democratic | ||||||
| 6 | Central Committee; prior to his
election to the House of | ||||||
| 7 | Representatives, he served as Supervisor in Joliet Township | ||||||
| 8 | from 1982 to 1991 and as a Trustee
from 1973 to 1982; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was an avid runner and completed the | ||||||
| 10 | Chicago Marathon in 1986; he loved golf
and taking family trips | ||||||
| 11 | with all of his grandchildren to Siesta Key, Florida and South | ||||||
| 12 | Haven, Michigan; he
also enjoyed attending Joliet Catholic | ||||||
| 13 | football games on Friday nights; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
| 15 | Marilyn J. "Mitzi" (Miller); his parents; his
son, Thomas L. | ||||||
| 16 | McGuire; his brother, Paul McGuire; his sister, Helen La Barre; | ||||||
| 17 | and his second wife, Patricia; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire is survived by his children, Kathleen | ||||||
| 19 | A. (John) Dougherty, Michael E.
McGuire, and Julie A. (Thomas) | ||||||
| 20 | Sicinski; his grandchildren, Jillian (Sean Whitney), Patrick | ||||||
| 21 | and Michael
Dougherty, Thomas, Patrick (Liz), Michael (Amy), | ||||||
| 22 | and Sean McGuire, and Alexander, Stephanie, Emily, and
Zachary | ||||||
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| 1 | Sicinski; his great-grandchildren, Baird, Shae, and Henry | ||||||
| 2 | McGuire; one great-grandson due in the
spring; his twin | ||||||
| 3 | brother, James E. (Judith) McGuire; his sister-in-law, Marilyn | ||||||
| 4 | A. McGuire; his brother-in-law,
James Miller; his | ||||||
| 5 | sisters-in-law, Lois Bernhard and Ruth Ann Campbell; and | ||||||
| 6 | several nieces and nephews; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Rep. McGuire was a dedicated public servant | ||||||
| 8 | throughout his entire life; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | we mourn the passing of former Illinois State Representative | ||||||
| 12 | John C. "Jack" McGuire and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 13 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Rep. McGuire as an
expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | deepest sympathy.
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