Bill Text: IL SR1055 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gerald Francis Fitzgerald of Barrington Hills, Illinois, and Naples, Florida.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-12-02 - Resolution Adopted [SR1055 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR1055-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
Gerald Francis Fitzgerald of Barrington | ||||||
| 4 | Hills, Illinois, and Naples, Florida, who passed away on | ||||||
| 5 | October 30, 2010; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Gerald Fitzgerald was a graduate of Fenwick High | ||||||
| 7 | School in Oak Park; after serving as a U.S. Army sergeant in | ||||||
| 8 | the Combat Engineers in the European theatre during World War | ||||||
| 9 | II, he completed his college education at Northwestern | ||||||
| 10 | University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in commerce; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, In 1961, Gerald Fitzgerald founded the Suburban | ||||||
| 13 | Bank Group of Palatine, which eventually grew to 13 banks and | ||||||
| 14 | 31 locations before merging with Bank of Montreal's Harris Bank | ||||||
| 15 | in 1994; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Gerald Fitzgerald was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 17 | parents, John J. and Olivia Trader Fitzgerald; his brothers, | ||||||
| 18 | John and Alan; and his sister, Jean Fitzgerald Swanson; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Gerald Fitzgerald is survived by his beloved wife | ||||||
| 20 | of 61 years, Marjorie Gosselin Fitzgerald, whom he married in | ||||||
| 21 | 1949 after meeting at Northwestern; his children, Gerald F. | ||||||
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| 1 | Fitzgerald Jr. (Denise McMahon Fitzgerald), James G. | ||||||
| 2 | Fitzgerald (Jane Rabyk Fitzgerald), Thomas G. Fitzgerald | ||||||
| 3 | (Joyce Mancari Fitzgerald), Julie Ann Fitzgerald, and former | ||||||
| 4 | U.S. Senator Peter G. Fitzgerald (Nina Kerstiens Fitzgerald); | ||||||
| 5 | and his grandchildren, Andrew (Carolyn Hovde Fitzgerald), | ||||||
| 6 | Lauren, Timothy, Elyse, Thomas Jr., Celine, Marguerite, Jake, | ||||||
| 7 | and Shannon; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 10 | his family and friends, the passing of Gerald Francis | ||||||
| 11 | Fitzgerald; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Gerald Fitzgerald as an expression | ||||||
| 14 | of our sympathy.
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