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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of William J. Flaherty, Sr., who
4 recently passed away; and
5 WHEREAS, William J. Flaherty, Sr. was born in Rochester,
6 New York on March 14, 1917; he was a 1935 graduate of Marmiom
7 Academy and a 1940 graduate of Niagara University, where he
8 held a football scholarship for four years; he served in the
9 United States Navy during World War II, where he performed
10 duties as a naval aviator, flight instructor, and a
11 multi-engine sea plane pilot; and
12 WHEREAS, William J. Flaherty, Sr. lived in Batavia,
13 Illinois from 1947 to 1968, operating a Standard Oil station;
14 he moved to Aurora and began a career as a Life Insurance
15 agent; and
16 WHEREAS, William J. Flaherty, Sr. was a member of Our
17 Lady of Good Counsel Church; and
18 WHEREAS, The passing of William J. Flaherty, Sr. will be
19 deeply felt by all that knew him, especially his wife, Ruth;
20 his children, Joan Elizabeth (Dr. Antonio Riera) Flaherty,
21 William J. Flaherty, Jr., Mark (Colleen) Flaherty, Patrick
22 (Judy) Flaherty, Judith Anne Flaherty, Ruth Marie Flaherty,
23 and James D. (Linda) Flaherty; his grandchildren, Enrique
24 (Arianna) and Beatriz Arana, Michael, Anne, Benjamin, Mark,
25 Katherine, and Daniel Flaherty, Matthew, Brian, Nicholas,
26 Graham, and Sarah Ludmer, Amy, Andrew, Brittany, Carly, and
27 Timothy Flaherty; and his great-grandchild, Sophia Marie
28 Arana Cabrera; therefore, be it
29 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
30 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
31 all that knew and loved him, the death of William J.
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1 Flaherty, Sr.; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to the family of William J. Flaherty, Sr..