Bill Text: IL SR1028 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joseph P. Marto of McHenry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-27 - Resolution Adopted [SR1028 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1028-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 Joseph P. Marto of McHenry; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Joseph Marto was born in Great Falls, Montana on | ||||||
5 | March 18, 1938; he spent time living in Shelby, Montana and the | ||||||
6 | states of Oregon and Washington, before settling in Sprague, | ||||||
7 | Washington; he entered the seminary in 1954 and was ordained a | ||||||
8 | priest for the diocese of Spokane in 1963, receiving his Master | ||||||
9 | of Divinity degree; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Joseph Marto worked in several parishes until he | ||||||
11 | became Diocesan Director of Religious Education; in 1971, he | ||||||
12 | left the active ministry and married Rosemary Gaffney; they | ||||||
13 | settled in Chicago where he attended The John Marshall Law | ||||||
14 | School, receiving his Juris Doctor degree in 1974, placing in | ||||||
15 | the top 10 of his class; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Joseph Marto's legal career began in Springfield | ||||||
17 | as house counsel for the Illinois State Bar Association; he | ||||||
18 | then worked with various firms in Chicago, primarily as a trial | ||||||
19 | attorney for insurance defense firms; he obtained a Real Estate | ||||||
20 | Broker's license in 1976 and owned several apartment buildings; | ||||||
21 | he retired to McHenry in 1989; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In retirement, Joseph Marto began a life of | ||||||
2 | volunteering; he organized computer classes for seniors in | ||||||
3 | McHenry Township, prepared free tax returns for seniors through | ||||||
4 | the AARP Tax Aide program, and ran a free legal aide program at | ||||||
5 | Senior Services for several years; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Joseph Marto is survived by his wife of 42 years, | ||||||
7 | Rosemary, and by several cousins, nieces, and nephews; | ||||||
8 | therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
11 | Joseph P. Marto, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
12 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
13 | further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of Joseph Marto as an expression of our | ||||||
16 | deepest sympathy.
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