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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 Edmund Joseph Mallow Sr. of Peoria, who |
4 | | passed away on May 4, 2013; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Mallow Sr. was born on August 10, 1928, in |
6 | | Peoria; his parents were John J. and Cecelia S. Bojalad Mallow; |
7 | | he married Harriet A. Alwan on November 17, 1951, in Peoria; |
8 | | and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Mallow Sr. began his working life in the |
10 | | 3rd grade in his father's shoe shop, Mallow Shoe Repair; by the |
11 | | time he graduated from Spalding Institute in 1947, he was a |
12 | | Master Craftsman; due to his father's illness, he was unable to |
13 | | accept a college scholarship he had and instead stayed home, |
14 | | where he successfully ran the family shoe repair business for |
15 | | the next 14 years; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, In the early 1960s, Edmund Mallow Sr. decided to |
17 | | exit the shoe business and began searching for a new career; he |
18 | | was subsequently hired by IDS, given one half day of training, |
19 | | and sent to work as a financial planner; after two years, he |
20 | | became a district manager; in 1969, he left management and |
21 | | began building his business using a mailing program; for 10 |
22 | | years, he sent out 200 mailers every week, which eventually |
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1 | | grew to 600 clients; through his work, he amassed an impressive |
2 | | collection of awards by helping people protect their families, |
3 | | buy homes and businesses, educate their children, retire |
4 | | comfortably, and make sure their money would outlive them; he |
5 | | retired in 2002, after 40 years of dedicated service; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Mallow Sr. enjoyed cooking family dinners, |
7 | | fishing with his kids, and playing friendly games of poker; |
8 | | during his retirement years, he enjoyed making jewelry, which |
9 | | was affectionately known as "Grandpa or Jido jewelry"; and |
10 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Mallow Sr. was preceded in death by his |
11 | | wife of 60 years, Harriet; his parents; and his brother, |
12 | | Raymond; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Mallow Sr. is survived by his children, |
14 | | Barbara (John) Woerly, Edmund Jr. (Cathy) Mallow, Carolyn |
15 | | (Richard) Kauffman, Sharon (Jim) Karosky, Elaine (David) Owen, |
16 | | Dianna (Chris) Russick, and Rick (Deanna) Mallow; his 13 |
17 | | grandchildren; his 4 great-grandchildren; and his sister, |
18 | | Isabelle Couri; therefore, be it
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19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
21 | | his family and friends, the passing of Edmund Joseph Mallow |
22 | | Sr.; and be it further
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