Bill Text: IL SR0043 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of William Bernard Nagy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR0043 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0043-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of William Bernard Nagy, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | December 13, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, William Nagy was born on June 19, 1924 in | ||||||
6 | Divernon; his parents were Frank Nagy, Sr. and Terez (nee Csak) | ||||||
7 | Nagy; he married the former Dorothy Collins on May 28, 1949; | ||||||
8 | and
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9 | WHEREAS, William Nagy was raised in the Catholic Children's | ||||||
10 | Home in Alton; he graduated from Marquette High School and | ||||||
11 | attended Shurtleff College and Southern Illinois University | ||||||
12 | Edwardsville; and
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13 | WHEREAS, William Nagy served his country as a member of the | ||||||
14 | United States Navy in the South Pacific during World War II as | ||||||
15 | a gunner's mate; during his service, he participated in the | ||||||
16 | D-Day Invasion on Omaha Beach and also survived the sinking of | ||||||
17 | 2 ships that he served on; and
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18 | WHEREAS, William Nagy retired as an engineer from Goulds | ||||||
19 | Pumps in St. Louis, Missouri in 1992 after many years of | ||||||
20 | service; and
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1 | WHEREAS, William Nagy was a past President of the | ||||||
2 | Owens-Illinois Camera Club, a President of the Parent Teacher | ||||||
3 | Association, a life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post | ||||||
4 | 1308, and President of the Senior Citizens of Fosterburg; he | ||||||
5 | attended leadership training at the Philmont Scout Ranch and | ||||||
6 | served as Cubmaster and Scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of | ||||||
7 | America and took a group of scouts to the National Jamboree at | ||||||
8 | Valley Forge; he also proudly traveled with Honor Flight to | ||||||
9 | Washington, D.C.; and
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10 | WHEREAS, William Nagy enjoyed ballroom and square dancing, | ||||||
11 | vegetable gardening, photography, creating stained glass art, | ||||||
12 | playing tournament bridge, and building and repairing things; | ||||||
13 | and
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14 | WHEREAS, William Nagy is survived by his wife, Dorothy; 2 | ||||||
15 | children, Dennis Nagy (fiancee, Karen Cooper) and Gayle Hill | ||||||
16 | Poehlman (Bruce); 8 grandchildren, Kristopher Nagy (Sarah), | ||||||
17 | Brian Nagy, Matthew Nagy, Eleanor Nagy, Patrick Nagy, Ryan | ||||||
18 | Hill, Nathan Hill, and Chester (Ashley) Hill, IV; 11 | ||||||
19 | great-grandchildren; and 3 brothers, Frank (June) Nagy, Jr., | ||||||
20 | James (Marilyn) Nagy, and John (Helen) Nagy; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
22 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
23 | family and friends, mourn the passing of William Bernard Nagy; |
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1 | and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to the family of William Nagy as an expression of our | ||||||
4 | sympathy.
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