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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Laurence A. "Larry" Dondanville of
4Deerfield, who passed away on January 1, 2023; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville was born in Rock Island to Dr.
6Laurence and Eva (Ender) Dondanville on March 28, 1928 and was
7raised in Moline; he attended St. Ambrose Academy in
8Davenport, Iowa and graduated from Purdue University in 1950
9with a degree in civil engineering; he was inducted into the
10U.S. Army and used his civil engineering skills as a corporal
11in a topographic battalion in the Philippines from 1950 to
121952; the following year, he married Rose Mary Lacey in
13Washington, D.C., and they moved to Chicago; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville moved his family to Deerfield
15in 1956 onto the land where his mother had grown up and that
16had been in his family since 1901; he designed the plans and
17oversaw the construction of their home, where he lived for the
18next 62 years; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville worked at De Leuw, Cather &
20Company, a Chicago-based consulting engineering firm; he had a
21successful career as a civil engineer and worked on projects
22around the world, including the suspension bridge across the

 

 

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1Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Turkey, the Kuwait and Abu
2Dhabi Motorway Systems, the Sydney and Perth Australia
3Expressway Systems, and the Mass Rapid Transit Rail Systems in
4Singapore and Taipei; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville enjoyed traveling with his
6friends and family in his retirement and took his family on
7trips to Hawaii, Europe, Alaska, and the Caribbean; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville was a man of many talents and
9was dedicated to his community; he was proud to be descended
10from the founders of Deerfield who donated much to the
11building of Holy Cross Catholic Parish, the rectory, church,
12and school; he kept his yard impeccably maintained and was
13actively engaged in the village; he was also deeply interested
14in his family history and kept genealogy records for decades,
15eventually creating a website to connect the Dondanville
16family worldwide; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville was preceded in death by his
18wife, Rose Mary; his parents; his brother, Dr. Louis
19Dondanville; and his sister, Patricia Fieweger; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Larry Dondanville is survived by his daughters,
21Margaret (Keith Cooley), Jeanne Kodner, and Catherine (Dave
22Karam); his son, Larry Jr. (Cathy); his grandchildren, Luke,

 

 

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1Colleen, Sean, Lindsey, and Kevin; his great-grandchildren,
2Roya, Isabelle, Rowan, and Fiona; his sister, Catherine
3Dondanville; his brother, John (Maureen) Dondanville; and
4numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
7Laurence A. "Larry" Dondanville and extend our sincere
8condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
9him; and be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to the family of Larry Dondanville as an expression
12of our deepest sympathy.