Bill Text: IL SR0824 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joseph Denis Madigan Jr.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-11-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0824 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SR0824-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Joseph Denis Madigan Jr., who passed away
on May 21, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Joseph Madigan Jr. was born in Chicago in 1932; he
married Carol Ann Malloy in 1958; and
WHEREAS, Joseph Madigan Jr. was raised in Oak Park and
attended Fenwick High School and the University of Notre Dame;
after graduating from Notre Dame, he was commissioned as an
officer in the United States Navy; while in the Navy, he was
ordered to run retail operations, including a grocery exchange,
on a large Navy base in New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, Madigans was established in Chicago in 1881 by
Joseph Madigan Jr.'s paternal grandfather, Denis Joseph
Madigan; during his career, Joseph Madigan Jr. led an expansion
that took Madigans from its Madison and Crawford flagship to
the establishment of stores across Chicagoland, including
stores in Winston Plaza in Melrose Park, Yorktown Shopping
Center in Lombard, Woodfield Mall, Harlem Irving Plaza, and the
North Riverside Park and Chicago Ridge Malls, among many
others; and

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WHEREAS, Joseph Madigan Jr. was well known as a highly
creative and energetic merchant who foresaw and led a trend
towards fashionable, price-conscious clothing that has become
the norm in American retailing; and
WHEREAS, Joseph Madigan Jr. was preceded in death by his
parents, Joseph D. Madigan and Florence Walsh Madigan, and his
sister, Elizabeth Ann "Bette" Morris; and
WHEREAS, Joseph Madigan Jr. is survived by his loving wife
of 53 years, Carol; his children and their families, Joseph and
his wife, Eileen and their children, Mary Carol, Joseph,
Michael, and Kathryn; John and his wife, Jennifer and their
children, John, Therese, Daniel, Genevieve, Helen, Christine,
and Michael Joseph; and Maria and her husband, Patrick Kelly,
and their children, Patrick Emmett and Caroline Rose; and his
sister, Nancy Schlacks; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
his family and friends, the passing of Joseph Denis Madigan
Jr.; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Joseph Madigan Jr. as an expression
of our sympathy.