Bill Text: IL SR1389 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of John R. Goldrick of Bloomington.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1389 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1389-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 John R. Goldrick of Bloomington, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on September 22, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Goldrick was born in Blue Island on July 23, | ||||||
6 | 1929 to John Edward and Kathleen Bentson Goldrick; he served | ||||||
7 | his country in the United States Army during the Korean | ||||||
8 | Conflict; he obtained a Bachelor of Science and a Master of | ||||||
9 | Science from Loyola University Chicago, and a Juris Doctor from | ||||||
10 | San Gabriel University; he married Betty Lowery in 1952 in | ||||||
11 | Chicago; and
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12 | WHEREAS, John Goldrick had a long and distinguished career | ||||||
13 | in the newspaper industry, including working for both the | ||||||
14 | Chicago Tribune and the Waukegan News-Sun, before joining the | ||||||
15 | Bloomington Pantagraph as publisher and chief operations | ||||||
16 | officer in 1984; upon his retirement from the Pantagraph, he | ||||||
17 | ran Bloomington Gold and the McLean County Special Olympics and | ||||||
18 | worked for the Community and Economic Development Foundation of | ||||||
19 | Ford County; and
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20 | WHEREAS, John Goldrick's extensive community involvement | ||||||
21 | included past President of the Bloomington-Normal Chamber of | ||||||
22 | Commerce, member of Central Illinois Development Partnership, |
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1 | Trustee for Illinois Wesleyan University, and past Chairman of | ||||||
2 | the United Way of Bloomington; and
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3 | WHEREAS, John Goldrick was an avid reader, a car | ||||||
4 | enthusiast, and loved the city of Chicago; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Goldrick was preceded in death by his first | ||||||
6 | wife, Betty; his son, Kevin; and his grandson, Shawn; and
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7 | WHEREAS, John Goldrick is survived by his wife, Helen; his | ||||||
8 | 4 children, Elizabeth (Glen Dolgner) Goldrick, Susan Goldrick | ||||||
9 | Cook, Sarah (Michael Sells) Goldrick, and J. Brian (Kim) | ||||||
10 | Goldrick; and his 7 grandchildren, Matthew, Joseph, Heather, | ||||||
11 | Nicole, Tyler, Adam, and Emily; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
14 | John R. Goldrick, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
15 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
16 | further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of John Goldrick as an expression of | ||||||
19 | our deepest sympathy.
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