Bill Text: IL SR0557 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Patrick Raymond Hegarty of Oak Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0557 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0557-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Patrick Raymond Hegarty of Oak Park, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on April 21, 2023 at 56 years old; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Patrick Hegarty was born to Edward and Mary | ||||||
| 6 | Frances Hegarty in Oak Park on October 31, 1966; he graduated | ||||||
| 7 | from Oak Park River Forest High School; he then enlisted in the | ||||||
| 8 | U.S. Marine Corps, serving four years as a rifleman; he was | ||||||
| 9 | stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and at the Naval | ||||||
| 10 | Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, among other | ||||||
| 11 | assignments and locations; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Patrick Hegarty married Catherine Helmke on | ||||||
| 13 | August 11, 1990; they had two daughters, Erica and Stephanie; | ||||||
| 14 | and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Patrick Hegarty spent most of his professional | ||||||
| 16 | career at McDonald's, where he earned the President's Award, | ||||||
| 17 | which acknowledges the top 1% of employees; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Patrick Hegarty was known in his family for his | ||||||
| 19 | bad jokes and animated recitation of "The Cremation of Sam | ||||||
| 20 | McGee", both inspired by his Uncle Ray; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Patrick Hegarty enjoyed spending time outdoors | ||||||
| 2 | and traveling to national parks, specifically Arches National | ||||||
| 3 | Park, even naming his camper van "Archie"; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Patrick Hegarty was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 5 | parents and his brother-in-law, Joseph Williams; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Patrick Hegarty is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
| 7 | daughters, Erica (Thurman) Fogleman and Stephanie; his | ||||||
| 8 | brothers, Edward (Cindy), Michael (Diane), Daniel (Kathy), | ||||||
| 9 | Christopher (Amy Nelson), and Terrence; his sisters, Maureen | ||||||
| 10 | (Dan) Kruszynski, RoseAnn (Jim) Vonesh, Kathleen (Robert) | ||||||
| 11 | Burdett, Mary Pat (Joseph) Williams, and Mary Rose (Gerard) | ||||||
| 12 | Crimmins; and his nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 15 | Patrick Raymond Hegarty and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 16 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Patrick Hegarty as an expression of | ||||||
| 20 | our deepest sympathy.
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