Bill Text: IL SR0123 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of William Earl Quigley.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-21 - Resolution Adopted [SR0123 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0123-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of William Earl "Bill" Quigley, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on February 9, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Bill Quigley was born in Indianapolis; he attended | ||||||
| 6 | Purdue University and was drafted into the U.S. Army during the | ||||||
| 7 | Korean War; he served in the signal corps and learned | ||||||
| 8 | technology such as satellite and microwave communications; he | ||||||
| 9 | married Joan Louise Deputy in Augusta, Georgia in 1951; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Bill Quigley used his military training during his | ||||||
| 11 | career with AT&T as a supervising engineer; he was a member of | ||||||
| 12 | the Communications Workers of America; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Bill Quigley settled in Ottawa upon his | ||||||
| 14 | retirement; he did volunteer work at a homeless shelter and | ||||||
| 15 | served on the Ottawa Planning Commission; he was a longtime | ||||||
| 16 | tinkerer and had an interest in electronics that including | ||||||
| 17 | building the family's first color TV; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Bill Quigley was an immense fan of the | ||||||
| 19 | Indianapolis 500 and attended races at the Brickyard for over | ||||||
| 20 | 60 years, wearing victory-flag checkered socks while running | ||||||
| 21 | stopwatches on the lead cars; he was also an avid chess player; | ||||||
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| 1 | and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Bill Quigley was preceded in death by his son, Dan | ||||||
| 3 | Quigley; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Bill Quigley is survived by his wife of 67 years, | ||||||
| 5 | Joan; his son, U.S. Rep. Mike (Barbara) Quigley; his daughters, | ||||||
| 6 | Chris Benson and Linda Quigley; his daughter-in-law, Betty | ||||||
| 7 | Quigley; and six grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 10 | William Earl "Bill" Quigley and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 11 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 12 | it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of William Quigley as an expression of | ||||||
| 15 | our deepest sympathy.
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