Full Text of SR1119 099th 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 William Micheal O'Neill, who passed away | 4 | | on August 6, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William O'Neill was born on December 20, 1933 in | 6 | | Philo; his parents were Everett M. O'Neill and Cecilia E. (nee | 7 | | Lannon) O'Neill; he married Mary Sue Campbell on April 3, 1953; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, William O'Neill grew up in Urbana; he graduated | 10 | | from Urbana High School in 1951 and attended the University of | 11 | | Illinois to study architecture; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, William O'Neill joined the United States Navy in | 13 | | 1952, where he was proud to become a member of the Naval | 14 | | Construction Forces - the Seabees; he and his wife went to | 15 | | Bermuda, where he served the Navy as an electrician and they | 16 | | began their family; he retired at the rank of commander after | 17 | | serving in the United States Naval Reserve for 24 years | 18 | | following his active duty; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Upon returning to Champaign, William O'Neill | 20 | | worked at CS Johnson as a draftsman and then at the Alloy | 21 | | Engineering and Casting Company, where he held the positions of |
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| 1 | | president and chairman of the board for more than 25 years | 2 | | until his retirement in 1994; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, William O'Neill was a member of the National | 4 | | Foundry Association, a member and past chairman of the Cast | 5 | | Metals Institute, and a member and president of the American | 6 | | Foundry Society, where he was the recipient of the prestigious | 7 | | industry award, the William H. McFadden Gold Medal, for his | 8 | | promotion of scholarships supporting foundry careers; he also | 9 | | served on the board of directors of several local financial | 10 | | institutions, including Central Illinois Bank, Commercial | 11 | | Bank, Freestar Bank, and Strategic Capital Bank; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, William O'Neill was a member of St. Peter's United | 13 | | Church of Christ; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, William O'Neill enjoyed traveling abroad, | 15 | | architecture and design, attending reunions, airplanes, | 16 | | carpentry, landscaping, boating, reading, watching sports, old | 17 | | westerns and war films, and teasing his wife, children, and | 18 | | grandchildren; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, William O'Neill was preceded in death by his | 20 | | parents and 2 brothers, Robert O'Neill and James O'Neill; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, William O'Neill is survived by his wife of 62 |
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| 1 | | years, Mary Sue; his children, W. Micheal (Tracie) O'Neill, | 2 | | Jr., Cinda (Chris) Noffke, Patrick (Terry) O'Neill, and Mindy | 3 | | (Jim) Bolin; his grandchildren, Marisa (Derek) Friske, Angela | 4 | | Noffke, Joshua Noffke, Ashley Bolin, Nick Bolin, Eric O'Neill, | 5 | | Aerin Bender, Katie (Mike) Seiffertt, Liz (Joe) Cowman, and | 6 | | Alycia Marfongella; 7 great-grandchildren; a brother, Richard | 7 | | (Pat) O'Neill; and his many extended family members and | 8 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 11 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of William Micheal | 12 | | O'Neill; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of William O'Neill as an expression of | 15 | | our sympathy.
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