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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
F.D. "Lee" Conlon of Williams Bay, |
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| Wisconsin, who passed away on October 22, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon was born on May 17, 1921 in Chicago; |
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| in 1949, he married Betty Klima; together, they raised their |
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| family in Park Forest; and
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| WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon served with the Cook County Highway |
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| Department for 11 years, retiring in 1987; he was also a former |
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| Chicago advertising salesman and served as a Rich Township |
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| Democratic committeeman from 1982 until 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, After his retirement, F.D. Conlon and his wife |
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| traveled extensively to locations in Europe, Africa, |
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| Australia, New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, Canada, and Hawaii; |
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| he also developed his talent as a painter of wildlife and |
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| landscapes in the Lake Geneva area where he and his wife lived; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon was an intense reader who would put |
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| together packages of clippings and copies of stories involving |
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| politics, current events, literature, and the arts that might |
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| interest his children; and
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