Bill Text: IL SR1543 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Michael H. Joyce of South Wilmington.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-19 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson [SR1543 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1543-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 Michael H. "Plow" Joyce of South | ||||||
4 | Wilmington, who passed away on March 7, 2018; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Michael Joyce was born in South Wilmington to | ||||||
6 | Catherine C. (Finn) and Patrick H. Joyce on July 11, 1927; he | ||||||
7 | attended Gardner High School; he was a veteran of the United | ||||||
8 | States Navy and served from 1944 until 1946; he married Elaine | ||||||
9 | Menozzi at St. Lawrence Church in South Wilmington on September | ||||||
10 | 12, 1948; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Michael Joyce was a longtime farmer; he also | ||||||
12 | worked in construction as a laborer; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Michael Joyce served as a Greenfield Township | ||||||
14 | Trustee, a Precinct Committeeman, the first President of the | ||||||
15 | South Wilmington Fire Board, a Director of Blue Cross Blue | ||||||
16 | Shield, and a Director of the Grundy County Farm Bureau; he was | ||||||
17 | a member of the Laborers Union Local #75, St. Lawrence Catholic | ||||||
18 | Church, and the South Wilmington VFW; he enjoyed reading, | ||||||
19 | spending time with his family, working crosswords, and talking | ||||||
20 | politics; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Michael Joyce was preceded in death by his |
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1 | parents; his sisters, Mary, Helen, and Catherine; and his | ||||||
2 | brother, Patrick, in infancy; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Michael Joyce is survived by his wife, Elaine; his | ||||||
4 | daughters, Cathy (Harry) Walton, Mary Jane Waggoner, and Carol | ||||||
5 | Massa; his sons, Richard (Cathy) Joyce and David (Brenda) | ||||||
6 | Joyce; his grandchildren, Colin (Nicole) Kaestner, Dr. Andrea | ||||||
7 | (Robert) Osborne, Olivia Massa, Courtney Joyce, and Evan Massa; | ||||||
8 | his great-grandchildren, Erik and Liam Kaestner; his sister, | ||||||
9 | Rita Farina and Theresa Phipps; and his brother-in-law, John | ||||||
10 | Orth; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
13 | Michael H. "Plow" Joyce and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
14 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
15 | further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to the family of Michael Joyce as an expression of | ||||||
18 | our deepest sympathy.
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