Bill Text: IL SR1384 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gerald Flaherty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR1384 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1384-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 Gerald "Jerry" Flaherty, who passed | ||||||
4 | away near his home in Winnetka on December 22, 2022; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Jerry Flaherty was born to Stanley and Theresa | ||||||
6 | (Burgoni) Flaherty in Cherry on November 25, 1938; he | ||||||
7 | graduated from Hall High School in Spring Valley in 1956; he | ||||||
8 | married Lynn Taggart in 1958; he attended Northern Illinois | ||||||
9 | University and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business | ||||||
10 | Administration in 1964 and another in Industrial Technology in | ||||||
11 | 1967; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Jerry Flaherty enjoyed a successful, 42-year | ||||||
13 | career at Caterpillar Inc. (Cat), progressing through the | ||||||
14 | ranks because he was a strong leader, a natural teacher, and | ||||||
15 | deeply committed to serving his people; he started as a | ||||||
16 | production employee at the Aurora plant in 1959; he graduated | ||||||
17 | from Cat's Manufacturing Training Program in 1961 and joined | ||||||
18 | management in 1963; he was promoted and transferred to Cat's | ||||||
19 | Decatur Plant as the Assembly Factory Manager in 1972; he then | ||||||
20 | moved to General Offices as the Assistant Director of | ||||||
21 | Manufacturing before being promoted as Plant Manager of Cat's | ||||||
22 | Milwaukee, York, and Aurora Plants in succession; he was | ||||||
23 | especially proud to return to his home Aurora Plant as the |
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1 | Plant Manager; in 1987, he joined Cat's Executive Offices, | ||||||
2 | first as Vice President of Employee Relations, then as | ||||||
3 | Executive Vice President, and finally reaching Group President | ||||||
4 | in 1990; as a Group President, he managed portfolios of global | ||||||
5 | responsibilities; he was also the voice of Operations within | ||||||
6 | the Executive Office; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Jerry Flaherty was involved in his local | ||||||
8 | communities and donated his time in service to the Junior | ||||||
9 | Achievement, Crispus Attucks, the City of Peoria Fire and | ||||||
10 | Police Commission, the Peoria Area Economic Development | ||||||
11 | Council, the Community Advisory Board of St. Francis Medical | ||||||
12 | Center, the Bradley University Board of Trustees, and the | ||||||
13 | Peoria Chapter of the Salvation Army; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Jerry Flaherty was an avid sportsman who played | ||||||
15 | football, basketball, and track in high school and enjoyed | ||||||
16 | boating, skiing, and golfing later in life; he also loved | ||||||
17 | traveling the world with his wife and their friends; long | ||||||
18 | after his retirement, he maintained his interest in the | ||||||
19 | business world and current events; more than anything, he was | ||||||
20 | a devoted family man
who happily passed along the tradition of | ||||||
21 | family Euchre playing; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Jerry Flaherty is survived by his sisters, Sharon | ||||||
23 | (Barry) Ellis and Shirley (George) Adrian; his wife; his three |
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1 | sons, Michael (Linda), Jerry Jr., and Tim (Voni); his five | ||||||
2 | grandsons, Ryan, Daniel, Connor, John, and Sean; and his three | ||||||
3 | great-grandchildren, Owen, Maeve, and Wayne "Bud"; therefore, | ||||||
4 | be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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7 | Gerald "Jerry" Flaherty and extend our sincere
condolences to | ||||||
8 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | ||||||
9 | further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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11 | presented to the family of Jerry Flaherty as an expression of
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12 | our deepest sympathy.
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