Full Text of SR0364 95th General Assembly
SR0364 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Charles Albert Comiskey II of Hinsdale, | 4 |
| who passed away on August 26, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II was raised in Hyde Park | 6 |
| on Chicago's South Side; he graduated from De La Salle High | 7 |
| School, where he played football and baseball; he then attended | 8 |
| the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, where he also played | 9 |
| football; after college, he enlisted in the United States Navy; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II joined the Chicago | 12 |
| White Sox organization after the death of his father in 1939; | 13 |
| he was appointed vice president in 1948, becoming a key figure | 14 |
| in the ascension of the Chicago White Sox, which rose to | 15 |
| greatness during the 1950s; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1955, Charles Albert Comiskey II became | 17 |
| co-general manager of the Chicago White Sox; after the death of | 18 |
| his mother in 1956, a struggle for control of the team ensued, | 19 |
| with him losing majority ownership in 1958; he relinquished his | 20 |
| stake in the White Sox in 1962; and
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| WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II was married for 57 |
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| years to Donna Jo Curran Comiskey; the couple raised their | 2 |
| family in Hinsdale, where he became active in local real estate | 3 |
| after selling his interest in the White Sox; he developed an | 4 |
| office building and a subdivision in Hinsdale, along with | 5 |
| numerous other projects in Oak Brook and Tucson, Arizona; | 6 |
| during the early 1970s, he owned and operated Carriage | 7 |
| Transfer, a Hinsdale taxi and limousine company; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Even after relinquishing control of the | 9 |
| organization, Charles Albert Comiskey II remained a lifelong | 10 |
| Chicago White Sox fan and season-ticket holder and was ecstatic | 11 |
| about the White Sox winning the World Series in 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II is survived by his | 13 |
| wife, Donna Jo; his children, Charles A. Comiskey III, Francis | 14 |
| "Beau" Comiskey, Colleen Comiskey Kelley, and Patti Comiskey | 15 |
| Slaga; and his grandchildren, Carolyn, Meghan, Sarah Hope, | 16 |
| Alison and Patrick Kelley, and Charlie IV and Mead Comiskey; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, Charles Albert Comiskey II will be remembered by | 19 |
| all who knew and loved him as a warm and gregarious man who | 20 |
| loved to tell stories to all he knew; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 22 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Charles Albert Comiskey | 2 |
| II; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Charles Albert Comiskey II as an | 5 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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