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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Charles Albert Comiskey II of Hinsdale, 
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who passed away on August 26, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II was raised in Hyde Park 
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on Chicago's South Side; he graduated from  De La Salle High 
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School, where he played football and baseball; he then attended 
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the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, where he also played 
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football; after college, he enlisted in the United States Navy; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II joined the Chicago 
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White Sox organization after the death of his father in 1939; 
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he was appointed vice president  in 1948, becoming a key figure 
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in the ascension of the Chicago White Sox, which rose to 
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greatness during the 1950s; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1955, Charles Albert Comiskey II became 
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co-general manager of the Chicago White Sox; after the death of 
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his mother in 1956, a struggle for control of the team ensued, 
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with him losing majority ownership in 1958; he relinquished his 
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stake in the White Sox in 1962; and

 

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    WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II was married for 57 
 


 






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years to Donna Jo Curran Comiskey; the couple raised their 
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family in Hinsdale, where he became active in local real estate 
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after selling his interest in the White Sox; he developed an 
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office building and a subdivision in Hinsdale, along with 
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numerous other projects in Oak Brook and Tucson, Arizona; 
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during the early 1970s, he owned and operated Carriage 
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Transfer, a Hinsdale taxi and limousine company; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Even after relinquishing control of the 
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organization, Charles Albert Comiskey II remained a lifelong 
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Chicago White Sox fan and season-ticket holder and was ecstatic 
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about the White Sox winning the World Series in 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II is survived by his 
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wife,  Donna Jo; his children, Charles A. Comiskey III, Francis 
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"Beau" Comiskey, Colleen Comiskey Kelley, and Patti Comiskey 
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Slaga; and his  grandchildren, Carolyn, Meghan, Sarah Hope, 
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Alison and Patrick Kelley, and Charlie IV and Mead Comiskey; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II will be remembered by 
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all who knew and loved him as a warm and gregarious man who 
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loved to tell stories to all he knew; therefore, be it
 

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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
 


 






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his family and friends, the passing of Charles Albert Comiskey 
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II; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Charles Albert Comiskey II as an 
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expression of our sympathy.