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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to
learn of the death of former | ||||||
| 4 | Appellate Justice and State Representative
Tobias G. "Toby" | ||||||
| 5 | Barry, who passed away on April 4, 2017; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Justice Barry was born in Chicago to Tobias and | ||||||
| 7 | Mary
Barry on April 12, 1924; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Justice Barry served from 1943 to 1946 in the | ||||||
| 9 | United States Navy as
a combat medic in the Pacific Theater | ||||||
| 10 | during World War II, where he took part
in the invasions of Iwo | ||||||
| 11 | Jima and Okinawa before returning to Marquette
University to | ||||||
| 12 | complete his undergraduate degree; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Justice Barry earned his Juris Doctorate from the | ||||||
| 14 | University of
Notre Dame in 1952 and started his life-long | ||||||
| 15 | legal career; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, After the unfortunate and untimely death of his | ||||||
| 17 | father, State
Representative Tobias Barry Sr., in 1958, Justice | ||||||
| 18 | Barry ran as an
independent for his father's seat when | ||||||
| 19 | Democrats did not select him to fill
the seat; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, While Justice Barry was not elected in 1958, he | ||||||
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| 1 | ran for the seat two
years later and was elected as a Democrat; | ||||||
| 2 | and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Justice Barry continued to serve as a State | ||||||
| 4 | Representative for 14
years, where he worked tirelessly through | ||||||
| 5 | several administrations with
Representative E.J. "Zeke" Giorgi | ||||||
| 6 | for the creation of Interstate 39 as an
alternative to U.S. | ||||||
| 7 | Route 51; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Justice Barry finally resigned his seat in the | ||||||
| 9 | legislature in
December of 1974 to assume the position of an | ||||||
| 10 | Appellate Judge in the Third
Judicial District to which he had | ||||||
| 11 | been elected; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Justice Barry won retention to the bench in 1984, | ||||||
| 13 | and then in 1990, he
narrowly lost by less than 3,000 votes for | ||||||
| 14 | a
seat on the Supreme Court; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Justice Barry decided to retire from the bench in | ||||||
| 16 | 1994 to resume
private practice with the law firm of Aplington, | ||||||
| 17 | Kaufman, McClintock, Steele,
and Barry, Ltd., in LaSalle; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Governor George Ryan named Justice Barry to serve | ||||||
| 19 | on the Illinois
Gaming Board in November of 2001; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The Supreme Court asked Justice Barry to return to | ||||||
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| 1 | the Third
District Appellate Court to fill a vacancy on the | ||||||
| 2 | bench in November of 2002 for
two years; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, In appreciation for his many contributions to the | ||||||
| 4 | State of Illinois,
the 94th General Assembly designated the | ||||||
| 5 | portion of Interstate 39 from
LaSalle-Peru to the Zeke Giorgi | ||||||
| 6 | Highway as the Tobias "Toby" Barry Highway; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Justice Barry is survived by his loving wife, Jan; | ||||||
| 8 | his daughter,
Michele; his sons, Mark, Patrick, and Daniel; | ||||||
| 9 | seven grandchildren; and
innumerable friends; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, | ||||||
| 12 | along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of former | ||||||
| 13 | Appellate Justice and State Representative Tobias "Toby" G. | ||||||
| 14 | Barry; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family
of Justice Barry as an expression of | ||||||
| 17 | our respect and deepest sympathy.
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