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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 James T. Costello of Granite City, who |
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| passed away on January 25, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, James Costello was born January 14, 1925, in Grand |
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| Island, Nebraska; as a child he attended St. Mary Cathedral |
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| Church and School in Grand Island; he married Dorothy I. |
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| (Leslie) Costello, whom he had know since she was five years |
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| old, on September 12, 1945, in Grand Island; and
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| WHEREAS, He was employed at Metro East Sanitary District |
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| with 20 years of service as commissioner and had retired in |
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| 1985 from American Car Foundry in St. Charles, Missouri; he had |
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| also worked 20 years with the Granite City Housing Authority, |
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| as a refinery superintendent with Union Starch and Refining in |
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| Granite City, and a traffic manager with Kansas State Ordinance |
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| Plant in Parsons, Kansas; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Costello was a United States Army veteran, |
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| proudly serving his country during World War II in Normandy and |
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| Germany; he was a 50-year member of St. Elizabeth Catholic |
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| Church in Granite City, where he was active as a lector and |
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| eucharistic minister and the Holy Name Society and Men in |
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| Prayer; he was a member of the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus |
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| Tri-City Assembly 0224, Granite City Elks Lodge 1063, the |
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| American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and served many |
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| years with the Granite City Library Board; he will be |
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| remembered for the love of his family, the love of his church, |
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| and all things Irish; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his beloved parents, |
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| Lawrence P. and Rose Ann, nee Mulick, Costello; and two |
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| brothers and sisters-in-law, Leo and Marie Costello and Roy and |
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| Josephine Costello; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of James Costello will be deeply felt |
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| by his beloved wife, Dorothy; his two sons and one |
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| daughter-in-law, Paul and Karen Costello and Joseph Matt |
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| Costello; his daughter, Ruth Costello Cruse; his grandchildren |
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| and their spouses, Trisha and Raymond Starks, Matt Costello, |
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| Jonathan Costello, Jennifer and Darby Cruse Sanders, Dr. Rachel |
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| and Kyle Hummel, Rebecca Cruse, and Sarah Cruse; his five |
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| great-grandchildren; and his many nieces, nephews, and other |
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| extended family and friends; 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 James T. Costello; and |
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| be it further
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