Full Text of SR1389 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 John R. Goldrick of Bloomington, who | 4 | | passed away on September 22, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Goldrick was born in Blue Island on July 23, | 6 | | 1929 to John Edward and Kathleen Bentson Goldrick; he served | 7 | | his country in the United States Army during the Korean | 8 | | Conflict; he obtained a Bachelor of Science and a Master of | 9 | | Science from Loyola University Chicago, and a Juris Doctor from | 10 | | San Gabriel University; he married Betty Lowery in 1952 in | 11 | | Chicago; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, John Goldrick had a long and distinguished career | 13 | | in the newspaper industry, including working for both the | 14 | | Chicago Tribune and the Waukegan News-Sun, before joining the | 15 | | Bloomington Pantagraph as publisher and chief operations | 16 | | officer in 1984; upon his retirement from the Pantagraph, he | 17 | | ran Bloomington Gold and the McLean County Special Olympics and | 18 | | worked for the Community and Economic Development Foundation of | 19 | | Ford County; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, John Goldrick's extensive community involvement | 21 | | included past President of the Bloomington-Normal Chamber of | 22 | | Commerce, member of Central Illinois Development Partnership, |
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| 1 | | Trustee for Illinois Wesleyan University, and past Chairman of | 2 | | the United Way of Bloomington; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, John Goldrick was an avid reader, a car | 4 | | enthusiast, and loved the city of Chicago; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Goldrick was preceded in death by his first | 6 | | wife, Betty; his son, Kevin; and his grandson, Shawn; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, John Goldrick is survived by his wife, Helen; his | 8 | | 4 children, Elizabeth (Glen Dolgner) Goldrick, Susan Goldrick | 9 | | Cook, Sarah (Michael Sells) Goldrick, and J. Brian (Kim) | 10 | | Goldrick; and his 7 grandchildren, Matthew, Joseph, Heather, | 11 | | Nicole, Tyler, Adam, and Emily; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | John R. Goldrick, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of John Goldrick as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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