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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois 
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learned with sadness of the death of Edward Michael Phelan of 
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Peoria Heights, the Richwoods Township supervisor, on February 
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2, 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born June 20, 1917 in Peoria to Matthew J. 
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and Bridget Sullivan Phelan; he married
Marilyn
Lucille "Lou" 
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Williams in May of 1958 in Peoria; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of 
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the Navy-Marine Club; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In addition to being the Richwoods Township 
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supervisor, he was a voter registrar and the state director of 
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the Township Officials Supervisors Division; he was a former 
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president of the Peoria County Township Officials;
he was a 
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former member of the Peoria County Board and a former Greater 
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Peoria Airport Authority commissioner; he was a former 
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president and founding member of the Peoples Party of Peoria 
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Heights; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a printer at the Journal Star for 52 years; 
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he was a past president of Peoria Typographical Local 29, a 
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past president of Allied Printing Trades Council and an
officer 
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of the West Central Labor Council; he served on the board of 
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directors of the Peoria Labor Temple and was a former director 
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of the Peoria Labor News; he served as a delegate to numerous 
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national and state Typographical and AFL-CIO conventions; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was the recipient of the West Central Labor 
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Council Community Service Award and served as grand marshal of 
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the Peoria Labor Day parade
in 2002; he served as the Journal 
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Star Red Stocking Santa Claus for many years; he was a charter 
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member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and was Hibernian of 
 


 






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the Year; he was a charter member of the St. Patrick Society of 
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Peoria and was grand
marshall of the St. Patrick's Day 2001 
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parade; he was a former member of the Peoria-Tazewell Heart 
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Association board, and in 1995
received the Peoria Heights

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Outstanding Citizen of the
Year award presented by Peoria 
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Heights Chamber of Commerce; he was a former board member of 
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the Rural Peoria County Council on Aging and delivered Meals on 
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Wheels for more than 10 years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, A member of St. Thomas Catholic Church in Peoria, 
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he was past president of its Men's Club and was head usher at 
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the church; he also was a member of Knights of Columbus 427 
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Third Degree Spalding Council for 69 years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by

one brother and one 
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sister; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Edward Michael Phelan is felt by 
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all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Marilyn "Lou"; 
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his son, Michael; his daughter, Mary Phelan; his two grandsons; 
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and his sister, Theresa Gilles; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
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Edward Michael Phelan and we extend our sincerest condolences 
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to his family, friends, and community; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to his family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.