Bill Text: IL SR0877 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joe DeMay of the Sun City retirement community in Huntley.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-19 - Resolution Adopted [SR0877 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0877-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 Joe DeMay of the Sun City retirement | ||||||
4 | community in Huntley, who passed away on July 31, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Joe DeMay was born in Palermo,
Sicily on October | ||||||
6 | 22, 1933 to Vincenzo
and Vincenza Chichirillo Iannacco;
his | ||||||
7 | father passed away in 1935, his mother married Anthony
DeMay, | ||||||
8 | and the family moved to
Jeannette, Pennsylvania; in the summer | ||||||
9 | of
1951, they relocated to Harvard; he graduated from Harvard
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10 | High School in 1953 and enlisted
in the United States Marine | ||||||
11 | Corps; he was
stationed at the U.S. Navy Atomic
Testing Base | ||||||
12 | outside of Las Vegas, Nevada
for 2 years; he married Judy | ||||||
13 | Simonini on September l,
1956 at St.
Joseph's Church in | ||||||
14 | Harvard; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Joe DeMay was employed by the Admiral
Television | ||||||
16 | Corporation in Harvard in
various management positions from
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17 | 1956 until the plant's closing in
1980; he then was Quality | ||||||
18 | Control
Manager at General Power and
Equipment for 12 years; | ||||||
19 | and
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20 | WHEREAS, Joe DeMay served as Harvard Community
Credit Union | ||||||
21 | President and Treasurer
for 30 years; he was active in a
number | ||||||
22 | of civic matters, including
serving as a Harvard City Alderman
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1 | for 23 years and as City Treasurer
for 7 years; he was Chairman | ||||||
2 | of
Harvard's Bicentennial Commission
in honor of the nation's | ||||||
3 | bicentennial
celebration; he was heavily involved in
Harvard's | ||||||
4 | annual Milk Days, serving
as General Chairman, as Parade | ||||||
5 | Chairman,
and on their Executive Board
for 20 years; he was a | ||||||
6 | member of
the Harvard Lions Club for 30 years,
with 28 years of | ||||||
7 | perfect attendance; he received the 1969 Harvard JayCee | ||||||
8 | Distinguished Service Award; he was a member of the Harvard
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9 | Moose Lodge for 35 years and a member
of the Harvard Historical | ||||||
10 | Society; he served on the Harvard Library
Board for 7 years and | ||||||
11 | on the Chamber
of Commerce Board; and
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12 | WHEREAS, In 1999, Joe DeMay and his wife moved to
the Sun | ||||||
13 | City retirement community in Huntley to enjoy their
retirement | ||||||
14 | years; while there, he
was a charter member of the Italian
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15 | American Club, served as President
of the Pinochle Club, and | ||||||
16 | was a member
of the Bocce Club, the Bowling Club, and
the | ||||||
17 | Polish Club; he was a member of St.
Mary's Catholic Church in | ||||||
18 | Huntley; he and his wife loved to travel and
particularly | ||||||
19 | enjoyed taking cruises; they
travelled within the United States
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20 | and to many countries around the
world; his interests included | ||||||
21 | playing
pinochle, golf, and bocce; he was
a talented artist and | ||||||
22 | a great cook; and
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23 | WHEREAS, Joe DeMay was preceded in death by his
parents and | ||||||
24 | his parents-in-law,
Louis and Esther Simonini; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Joe DeMay is survived by his wife, Judy; his | ||||||
2 | daughter, Debbie Reising; his son, Joe (Kendra); his | ||||||
3 | grandchildren, Angela Reising, Steve (Sonia) Reising, and | ||||||
4 | Tatum DeMay; his great-grandchildren, Giovanni, Giada, and | ||||||
5 | Georgia Reising; his brother, Tony; his brothers-in-law, Bob | ||||||
6 | (Jennet) Simonini and Bill (Mary Jane) Simonini; and several | ||||||
7 | nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
10 | Joe DeMay, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
11 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
13 | presented to the family of Joe DeMay as an expression of our | ||||||
14 | deepest sympathy.
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