SR0172 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened by the death of Frank McCartney Jr. of Pittsfield, who passed away on August 24, 2006; and

WHEREAS, Frank McCartney Jr. was born September 14, 1926 in Summer Hill; his parents were the late Frank and Isabel McGreevy McCartney; and

WHEREAS, On February 22, 1944 he married Mildred Allen Yokem in Pittsfield; and

WHEREAS, Mr. McCartney was a 1944 graduate of Pittsfield High School; he farmed with his father after high school in the rural Summer Hill area known as Black Oak; he was also a self employed real estate broker in Pike County; and

WHEREAS, Frank McCartney was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Wednesday Night Steak Club, and Country Couples and Pike Promenaders; he was an avid sportsman who loved to hunt quail, bowler, and baseball player with the Griggsville Nighthawks; and he was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan; and

WHEREAS, The passing of Frank McCartney will be deeply felt by those who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Mildred; his daughters, Mary Kay Hayden and her husband, John, and Cecelia Marie Nevius and her husband, Michael; his sons, Michael Dennis McCartney and his wife, Diana, Daniel Patrick McCartney and his wife, Jera, Thomas William McCartney and his wife, Marlys, and Richard Wayne McCartney and his wife, Rhonda; his thirteen grandchildren; his thirteen great-grandchildren; his sisters, Mary Loretta McCartney and Agnes Miriam Simms and her husband, Roger; his brothers, William H. McCartney and his wife, Mary, and Daniel O. McCartney and his wife, Phylliss; his great-granddaughter, Taylor McCartney; and his sister, Carrie M. Simmons; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Frank McCartney Jr.; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Frank McCartney Jr. as a symbol of our sympathy.