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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of James Franklin Quetsch of Geneva, who
4 passed away on January 14, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born on November 13, 1933 in Oak Park; he
6 graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School in 1952 and
7 received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University
8 of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, in 1956; he married his
9 high-school sweetheart, Patricia Perrin on September 3, 1956,
10 at St. Giles Catholic Church in Oak Park; and in 1959 he
11 graduated from Chicago Kent Law School; and
 
12     WHEREAS, He practiced law in Chicago and the couple lived
13 in Oak Park until 1963 when they moved to West Chicago; that
14 year, he began working for the law firm of Gates Clancy in
15 Geneva; in 1965, he joined the firm of Corrigan & MacKay in
16 Wheaton; he was a successful trial lawyer, and became a partner
17 several years later in the expanded firm of Corrigan & MacKay,
18 Quetsch and O'Reilly; and
 
19     WHEREAS, He and Pat moved their family to Geneva in 1972;
20 he was appointed a Kane County Court Associate Judge in 1975
21 and elected as a full judge in the 16th Circuit Court in 1976;
22 he held the position until 1992, when he became an Illinois

 

 

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1 Appellate Court Justice in the Second District; he was
2 appointed to the seat by his predecessor, Justice John Nickels,
3 who was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Following his retirement in 1994, Jim traveled
5 extensively with his wife; among their destinations were South
6 America, Israel, and several European countries including his
7 favorite, Ireland; he was a member of the St. Charles
8 Sportsmen's Club in Elburn for more than 20 years, shooting
9 trap and skeet; and
 
10     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his mother and father,
11 Gertrude (Shea) and Leonard J. Quetsch; and his brothers,
12 Leonard, William, and John; and
 
13     WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Patricia; his brother,
14 Richard; his sister, Gertrude; his children, Karen Quetsch,
15 Martha Quetsch, Elizabeth Entile, Thomas (Patricia Seastrom
16 Banbury) Quetsch, Paula (Vincent) Giuliano, and James (Jo
17 Martin) Quetsch; his ten grandchildren, Natalie Entile,
18 Phillip and Julie Andersen, Caroline Cagney, Paul, Marie, and
19 Francesca Giuliano, Kyle and Casey Banbury, and Megan (Banbury)
20 Mara; his one great-grandchild, Vincent Mara; and his beloved
21 Vizsla, Maggie; therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL

 

 

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1 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
2 his family and friends, the passing of James Franklin Quetsch;
3 and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to the family of James Franklin Quetsch as a symbol
6 of our sincere sympathy.