SR0391 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Edward P. Morrissey of Chicago, who passed away on August 2, 2009; and

WHEREAS, He was a 1961 graduate of Loyola Academy in Wilmette, where he distinguished himself as an all around student and athlete and co-captain of the football team; at age eighteen, right after high school, he joined the Jesuit Society of Jesus from 1961 to 1968; during his time in the Jesuit seminary at Milford, Ohio, he obtained a bachelor degree in Classics (Latin and Greek) and he taught English and Sociology at St. Xavier High School and coached soccer; and

WHEREAS, He graduated from Boston College in 1967 with a degree in Philosophy; he received his Juris Doctor in 1974 from Creighton University Law School in Omaha, Nebraska; he practiced law in Elmhurst and was a Cook County Assistant State's Attorney before marrying Elsie (Campbell) in 1984; he practiced family law in Sandwich for 22 years and will be remembered as an honest, hard working lawyer; and

WHEREAS, In 1994, he ran for Circuit Court Judge for the 16th Judicial Circuit and for De Kalb County State's Attorney in 1996; in 2006, he made a career change to teach Latin at Aurora Central Catholic High School; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Dennis J. and Margaret (Scott) Morrissey, and his brother, John (Georgann) Morrissey; and

WHEREAS, Edward Morrissey leaves his beloved wife of 25 years, Elsie (Campbell); his children, Carrie (John) Libetti, Clete Campbell, Clayton Campbell, Paul, Dorothy, and Laura Morrissey; his wife's nephew, Paul Sipes; his four siblings, Mary (Robert) Moroney, Joseph (Joan) Morrissey, Dennis (Helen) Morrissey, and Richard (Althea) Morrissey; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Edward Morrissey; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Edward Morrissey as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.