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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois 
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were saddened to learn of the death of Emmett V. McNamara Sr. 
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of Villa Park on Wednesday, March 3, 2004; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. McNamara was born in 1926 in Villa Park; he 
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attended York High School in Elmhurst; he married Jeanne 
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McNamara in 1964; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. McNamara was a great patriot and defended his 
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country during World War II in the U.S. Army; he served in the 
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Asiatic-Pacific Theater as a corporal; he was honorably 
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discharged in January of 1947 having earned the Asiatic-Pacific 
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Theater Ribbon, the Victory Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and 
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the Army of Occupation Medal for Japan; upon his return home, 
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he became an electrician; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. McNamara was a devoted union activist for many 
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years; he was a member of the International Brotherhood of 
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Electrical Workers Local 701 from 1967 to 1990 and represented 
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the interests of that union in State government for nearly 40 
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years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In his work as a lobbyist for the I.B.E.W., Mr. 
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McNamara was a staunch ally of blue collar working families and 
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was instrumental in the passing of much legislation that 
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benefitted all of the hard-working citizens of Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. McNamara was a former acting chairman and 
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member of the DuPage Airport Authority; he was a devoted family 
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man, and he believed that if every person would help his or her 
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neighbor, no person would be without help; to his friends in 
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Springfield, he was known as "Smokey"; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Emmett V. McNamara Sr. has been 
 


 






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deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Jeanne McNamara; his 
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children, Emmett Jr., Eugene, Kathleen Bakken, and Edward Sr.; 
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his grandchildren, Michael, Edward Jr., Aidan, and Emily; his 
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siblings, Earl, Kathleen, Rita Sheehan, and Eugene; and his 
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many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
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Emmett V. McNamara Sr., and we extend our sincere condolences 
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to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Emmett V. McNamara Sr. as an 
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expression of our deepest sympathy.