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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of
3 Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of Bernard J.
4 Milroy, Sr., 82, of Batavia who passed away on January 27,
5 2003; and
6 WHEREAS, Mr. Milroy was the second son of Mr. and Mrs.
7 Edward (Anna Hoban) Milroy of Batavia; and
8 WHEREAS, Mr. Milroy was a 1938 graduate of Marmion
9 Military Academy in Aurora and attended Loras College in
10 Dubuque, Iowa, on a basketball scholarship; he left Loras
11 College after two years, following the death of his father;
12 he was employed by the Burlington-Northern Railroad for over
13 40 years; and
14 WHEREAS, Mr. Milroy served as a 1st Lieutenant with the
15 220th Armored Engineers of the 20th Armored Division of the
16 U.S. Army in the European Theater of World War II; he was a
17 veteran of the "Battle of the Bulge"; his unit was the first
18 American unit to cross the Rhine River into Germany in 1945
19 and was among the liberating soldiers of the infamous Dachau
20 Concentration Camp near Munich, Germany; and
21 WHEREAS, Mr. Milroy was a lifelong member of Holy Cross
22 Catholic Church, a past Grand Knight of the Knights of
23 Columbus Council 2191, and a member of the Batavia Veterans
24 of Foreign Wars (Council 1197); and
25 WHEREAS, As an active member of the Marmion Academy
26 community, he was a recipient of the Academy's distinguished
27 alumnus award, the Centurion Award, and was a 1996 Marmion
28 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee; and
29 WHEREAS, Mr. Milroy is survived by his wife of 54 years,
30 Farrell (Kennedy) Milroy; his nine children, Ms. Mary Milroy,
31 Mr. Bernard J. (Patricia) Milroy, Jr., Mrs. Peggy (Vincent)
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1 Bellafiore, Mrs. Jane (Robert) Bohr, Mrs. Patricia (Thomas)
2 White, Mrs. Maureen (John) Schultz, Mr. John K. (Susan)
3 Milroy, Mrs. Kathleen (Thomas) Heaton, and Mr. Timothy
4 (Tamarah) Milroy; his 30 grandchildren; his six
5 great-grandchildren; his brother, Mr. John E. (Valerie)
6 Milroy; and his nephew, Mr. John P. (Sandra) Milroy; and
7 WHEREAS, Mr. Milroy was preceded in death by his parents,
8 Edward and Anna Milroy; his sister, Catherine (William) Cook;
9 and his two other sisters who died in infancy; therefore, be
10 it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
12 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of
13 Bernard J. Milroy Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to
14 his family and friends; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to the family of Bernard J. Milroy Sr. as an
17 expression of our deepest sympathy.