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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of James A. Malay of Lake Bloomington, who
4passed away on January 24, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, James Malay was born in Moline on November 26,
61937 to Paul Joseph and Mary (nee Gorman) Malay; he graduated
7from Dixon High School in 1955 and from St. Ambrose College in
81959, with a degree in political science; he served in the
9United States Army from 1959 to 1960 and for 4 years in the
10Army Reserve; he married Elaine Fitzgerald on August 20, 1960;
11and
 
12    WHEREAS, James Malay joined State Farm in 1960 and rose to
13the position of Vice-President Life Policyholder Services; in
141980, he transferred to Service and Systems and assumed the
15role of Vice-President Services for Auto, Fire, Life & Health;
16and
 
17    WHEREAS, James Malay was an active member of his community;
18he was a longtime CCHS Booster Club member and a 40-year YMCA
19member, including 5 years on its board as Financial Committee
20Chairman; he was a Eucharistic Minister at St. Mary's of
21Lexington and Bro-Men Hospital; he served for 6 years for the
22OSF-St. Joseph's Hospital Community Board, 3 years as

 

 

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1President; he and his wife were Crystal Ball Honorees in 1985
2for their outstanding contributions to OSF-St. Joseph's
3Hospital; and
 
4    WHEREAS, James Malay was a longtime member of the
5University Club of Chicago; he studied in the Illinois State
6University Master's Program and took part in the Great Books
7program; he was a member of the Lake Bloomington Monday Night
8Poker Club for 30 years; he was a loyal alum of St. Ambrose
9University and proud that his oldest daughter, Susan, graduated
10from there as well; he was on the St. Ambrose Executive Council
11for 10 years and National Chairman of its President's Club for
123 years; in 2001, he was honored with the Distinguished Alumni
13Award, and, in 2008, he received the McMullen Award for his
14support and contributions; he was Secretary of the Lake
15Bloomington Long-Range Planning Committee and a charter member
16of the Thursday Night Run Club; he also co-founded the 10K Lake
17Run, which continues to be popular 30 years later; and
 
18    WHEREAS, James Malay passionately cared about Timber
19Pointe Camp, a summer camp at Lake Bloomington for Easter Seals
20campers; he served as President of the Timber Pointe Charitable
21Foundation for 15 years and also served as Commodore of the
22Timber Pointe Yacht Club; for 20 years, every Wednesday evening
23during the summer, he commandeered a dozen to 2 dozen captains
24and boats, picked up the campers and led them on a magical boat

 

 

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1ride around the lake; he also oversaw significant capital
2improvements to the camp, including the Woods Arts Center and
3The Lodge, a beautiful facility overlooking the lake; under his
4stewardship, the camp went from accommodating 300 children
5every summer to over 1,500; for his work with the camp, he was
6named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation; and
 
7    WHEREAS, In 1982, James Malay began taking trips to Ireland
8to explore his roots and visit relatives; he obtained his Irish
9citizenship and passport and returned to Ireland 14 times; he
10also enjoyed traveling to numerous other places around the
11world with his family; and
 
12    WHEREAS, James Malay was preceded in death by his parents;
13his sister, Rosemary Malay Robinson; and his brother, John
14Malay; and
 
15    WHEREAS, James Malay is survived by his wife, Elaine; his
16daughters, Susan McNary, Julie Friedmann, and Karen Compton and
17son, Jim Malay; his sons-in-law, Bill McNary, Ed Friedmann, and
18Spencer Compton; his daughter-in-law, Alicia Malay; and his
19grandchildren, Molly, Kathleen, Maggie, Ryan, Ellie, Nora,
20Meghan, Nell, Liam, and Sarah; therefore, be it
 
21    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
22ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

 

 

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1James A. Malay, and extend our sincere condolences to his
2family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
3further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5presented to the family of James Malay as an expression of our
6deepest sympathy.