Full Text of SR0129 98th 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 James A. Maloof of Peoria, who passed | 4 | | away on January 19, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Maloof was born on October 18, 1919, in | 6 | | Peoria to Nimer and Sarah (Zyne) Maloof; he married Gertrude | 7 | | "Trudy" Burson on June 28, 1941, in Peoria; he served in the | 8 | | Air Force during World War II as an Acting Master Sergeant; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, After being discharged, he returned to the family | 10 | | dry cleaning business and served as president of Maloof | 11 | | Cleaners from 1946 to 1968; in 1969 he began Jim | 12 | | Maloof/Realtor, which became one of the foremost residential | 13 | | real estate firms in the Peoria area; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, James Maloof was an avid athlete; he played in the | 15 | | Sunday Morning Baseball League for years and enjoyed all sports | 16 | | such as baseball, golf, and fishing; he served in various | 17 | | volunteer activities throughout his life, but was best known | 18 | | for his singing; he sang at hundreds of weddings, funerals, | 19 | | with the Peoria Orpheus Club for 22 years, and he led the | 20 | | Annual Journal Star Christmas Sing at the Peoria Courthouse for | 21 | | 4 decades; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, James Maloof's crowing achievement was his | 2 | | participation in St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; he was | 3 | | first appointed to the ALSAC/St. Jude Board of Directors in | 4 | | 1958 and continued to serve for the rest of his life; in 1960 | 5 | | he initiated the first St. Jude Teen March, started the Memphis | 6 | | to Peoria Run, and created new methods of reaching people for | 7 | | fundraising such as the St. Jude Telethon in Peoria in 1978; he | 8 | | held or attended thousands of St. Jude benefits locally and | 9 | | nationally, representing St. Jude and raising money in over 35 | 10 | | states throughout the country; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, James Maloof set his sights on the mayorship of | 12 | | Peoria on Thanksgiving Day 1984; he served 3 terms and a total | 13 | | of 12 years; his vision, "Forward Peoria!", consisted of | 14 | | committees of citizens working on various community issues and | 15 | | challenges, which resulted in improvements in the quality of | 16 | | life of those living in Peoria; Peoria was named an all | 17 | | American City by 1989 and again in 1993; after retiring as | 18 | | mayor, Governor Jim Edgar appointed him to the State of | 19 | | Illinois Human Rights Commission, and he was appointed to a | 20 | | second term by Governor George Ryan; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, James Maloof was preceded in death by his parents; | 22 | | his wife, Gertrude; his brothers, Abraham, Mitchell, and | 23 | | Fredrick Maloof; and his son, Mark; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, James Maloof is survived by his sons, J. Michael | 2 | | (Margaret) Maloof and Nicholas (Olga) Maloof; his daughter, | 3 | | Janice Maloof; his grandchildren, Peter Thomas Maloof, Sarah | 4 | | Maloof, Lisa Maloof Hall, Christian Maloof, Katie Maloof, Ethan | 5 | | Maloof, Lydia Maloof, Nick J. Maloof, Micheline Maloof, and | 6 | | Markie-Marie Maloof; his great-grandchildren, Coralie Hall, | 7 | | Iona Hall, Aidan Maloof, Erin Maloof, Meghan Maloof, Stephanie | 8 | | Maloof Britton, and Cassie Maloof Salazar; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | James Maloof, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 12 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of James Maloof as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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