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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Francis
4 Callahan of Milford, who passed away on July 20, 1998; and
5 WHEREAS, Francis Callahan was born in Milford on November
6 13, 1920; his parents were Joseph and Helen Meyer Callahan;
7 on October 31, 1948 he married Elaine Thompson; and
8 WHEREAS, Mr. Callahan was a breeder of champion purebred
9 hogs for over forty years; he was a nationally known hog
10 judge and pork promoter; and
11 WHEREAS, Mr. Callahan grew up on a farm in Milford; he
12 began showing livestock at the age of five; in 1945 he showed
13 the grand champion barrow at the International Livestock Show
14 in Chicago; Mr. Callahan showed a champion that went on to
15 become a national celebrity when the governor took it on a
16 trade mission to the Soviet Union; and
17 WHEREAS, Mr. Callahan judged swine in thirty-seven
18 states; he served as swine superintendent of the
19 International Livestock Exposition; he was a member of the
20 State Fair Board; he was founder of the Fighting Illini Pork
21 Club at the University of Illinois, which serves pork in the
22 press box during every home game; Mr. Callahan was also
23 awarded honorary membership in the Varsity I Association; and
24 WHEREAS, Mr. Callahan was Democratic chairman of Iroquois
25 County for fifteen years, and a Democratic precinct
26 committeeman for twenty years; and
27 WHEREAS, Mr. Callahan was a member of Our Savior Lutheran
28 Church in Milford; he is survived by his wife, Elaine; his
29 daughter, Colleen Callahan Burns; a granddaughter; his
30 brother, Eugene Callahan; and his two sisters, Neta Erdman
31 and Jody Pruitt; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 mourn, along with his family and friends, the death of
4 Francis Callahan; may they find peace and comfort in this
5 time of need; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Francis Callahan.