Bill Text: IL SR0362 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of James E. Padesky of Moline.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0362 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0362-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 James E. Padesky of Moline, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on March 26, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, James Padesky was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin to | ||||||
6 | Jacob and Eileen Burns Padesky on April 26, 1921;
he graduated | ||||||
7 | from Aquinas High School in LaCrosse and the University of | ||||||
8 | Notre Dame; he served in the United States Army Air Corps | ||||||
9 | during World War II; in July of 1944, he joined the 323rd Bomb | ||||||
10 | Group (B-26) as a pilot in England and France; later, he was in | ||||||
11 | the 14th Liaison Squadron, Ninth Air Force in support of | ||||||
12 | General Patton's Third Army; he married Virginia M. Schmidt in | ||||||
13 | Aledo on May 4, 1952; and
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14 | WHEREAS, James Padesky retired from Sexton Ford in 1988 | ||||||
15 | after 29 years of service; and
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16 | WHEREAS, James Padesky was a member of Sacred Heart Church, | ||||||
17 | American Legion Post 246 in Moline, the Notre Dame Alumni Club | ||||||
18 | of the Quad Cities, and the Society of the French Legion of | ||||||
19 | Honor; and
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20 | WHEREAS, James Padesky was preceded in death by his | ||||||
21 | granddaughter, Kathleen VandeMoortel; his sisters, Sarah Jane |
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1 | Fellows, and Elizabeth Padesky; and his brother, John Padesky; | ||||||
2 | and
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3 | WHEREAS, James Padesky is survived by his wife, Virginia; | ||||||
4 | his children and their spouses, Mark and Vicki Padesky, Amy and | ||||||
5 | Ron McGill, Joseph and Melissa Padesky, and Anne and Gary | ||||||
6 | VandeMoortel; his grandchildren, Greg (Jackie), Christopher | ||||||
7 | (Lauren), Luke and Jeffrey Padesky, Alex McGill, Abby (Jeff) | ||||||
8 | Less, and Jacob (Liz) VandeMoortel; and nine | ||||||
9 | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
12 | James E. Padesky, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
13 | 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 James Padesky as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our deepest sympathy.
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