Full Text of SR0785 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Tony Esposito of Moline, who passed | 4 | | away on January 2, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tony Esposito was born in Chicago to John and | 6 | | Jennie (Colella) Esposito on February 16, 1923; he enjoyed | 7 | | golf and being a caddy at Short Hills Country Club from 1936 to | 8 | | 1939, where he was Caddy Champion in 1939; he graduated from | 9 | | United Township High school in June of 1940 and served in the | 10 | | U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945, where he was stationed in North | 11 | | Africa, Italy, and the Pacific Theater; he worked for a short | 12 | | time at John Deere while attending St. Ambrose College; he | 13 | | played golf for St. Ambrose from 1946 to 1950 and for the Velie | 14 | | Cup during the 1940s; he married Antoinette Posateri in Rock | 15 | | Island on June 12, 1948 and graduated from St. Ambrose in 1950; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Tony Esposito was a former champion at the Indian | 18 | | Bluff Golf Course, where he had three holes in one; he also had | 19 | | a hole in one at Short Hills Country Club; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Tony Esposito was preceded in death by his wife, | 21 | | Antoinette; his son, Anthony John Esposito; his parents; his | 22 | | stepfather, Sam Rice; and his siblings, Frank Rice, Joey |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Tony Esposito is survived by his children, JoAnne | 3 | | (Steve) Jackson, Amy (Mike) Kuberski, and John Esposito; his | 4 | | grandchildren, Jeremy (Carmen), Jamie, Stephanie (Aaron), Cara | 5 | | (Derick), and Nate; his great-grandchildren, Jack, Isabelle, | 6 | | Emma, Aiden, Ben, Cam, Stella Rose, Cade, and Tatum; and his | 7 | | brother, Sam Rice; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Tony Esposito and extend our sincere condolences to his | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Tony Esposito as an expression of | 15 | | our deepest sympathy.
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