Full Text of SR1322 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Philip Michael Doherty, Sr. of East | 4 | | Moline, who passed away on November 29, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Philip Doherty, Sr. was born in New York, New York | 6 | | on May 29, 1930; he attended St. Meinrad's Seminary before | 7 | | being drafted into the military; he served during the Korean | 8 | | War, stationed mainly in Germany and achieving the rank of | 9 | | Sergeant; after his service, he attended Marion College in | 10 | | Indianapolis, Indiana and Penn State, where he received his | 11 | | master's degree in German; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Philip Doherty, Sr. was so taken with Germany that | 13 | | he became an associate professor of German, first at Notre Dame | 14 | | University and then at Loyola University; he later settled in | 15 | | Moline, where he was the German teacher at Moline High School | 16 | | for nearly 30 years; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Philip Doherty, Sr. was heavily involved in local | 18 | | musical theater at the Quad City Music Guild and taught himself | 19 | | to tap dance; he enjoyed telling jokes, storytelling, singing, | 20 | | and playing the guitar, the piano, and the accordion; he also | 21 | | enjoyed classical music and philosophy; he hated sports but | 22 | | loved PDQ Bach, Monty Python, the TV show "Soap", target |
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| 1 | | shooting, and Blatz beer; he played German folk music in the | 2 | | background almost all the time on reel-to-reel tape recorders | 3 | | he "borrowed" from Moline High School, and, when he took his | 4 | | family camping in their pop-up Starcraft camper, he often sang | 5 | | folk songs in German and English around the campfire every | 6 | | night and made everyone join in; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Philip Doherty, Sr. was preceded in death by his | 8 | | son, Richard; his wife, Anna; his 3 brothers; and his grandson, | 9 | | Gabe Mattly; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Philip Doherty, Sr. is survived by his 4 children, | 11 | | Colleen Romanelli, Pamela Ramos, Sheila (Mike) Mattly, and Phil | 12 | | Doherty; his 4 grandchildren, Branden Engleking, Marisa and | 13 | | Karina Ramos, and Nicolas Mattly; and his great-grandchild, | 14 | | Philip; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Philip Michael Doherty, Sr., and extend our sincere condolences | 18 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 19 | | it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Philip Doherty, Sr. as an expression | 22 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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