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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Robert J.
4"Bob" Rooney of Western Springs; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Bob Rooney was born on March 21, 1931, the first
6day of spring, and passed away on September 17, 2015; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Bob Rooney faced one of the toughest challenges of
8his life more than 30 years ago with the passing of Joan
9O'Brien Rooney, with whom he had been married for 25 years and
10with whom he was bringing up 7 loving children; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Bob Rooney found strength in his faith and
12continued to raise his children, but he would not be alone; he
13and his family were found by Muriel McAuliffe Rooney, who would
14be his wife for 30 years; more children joined this loving
15household at this time; and
 
16    WHEREAS, As his career moved onward, Bob Rooney became a
17leading member of the lay support team that buttresses the work
18of Misericordia Heart of Mercy, the Chicago-based home and
19nonprofit service center for persons with developmental
20disabilities; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, For Bob Rooney, the words "faith" and "service"
2were intertwined; he was a reader at Mass and a Eucharistic
3Minister of his parish; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Bob Rooney was a defender of his country during
5the height of the Cold War, having served in the United States
6Air Force; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Bob Rooney is survived by his wife, Muriel, who
8knows him as the proud father of 11 children, the loving
9grandfather of 34 grandchildren, and the indulgent
10great-grandfather of 3; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Bob Rooney will be fondly remembered by his
12friends and family as a man who was able to be both tough and
13kindly at the same time; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
16mark with sadness the death of a true gentleman, a believer and
17practitioner of Christian service, and a man of courage, Robert
18J. "Bob" Rooney; and be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to his widow, Muriel McAuliffe Rooney, as a mark of
21respect by the Illinois House of Representatives to the Rooney

 

 

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