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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Thomas Wallace Caillouet of Chicago, who 
4passed away on March 13, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Thomas Caillouet was born in Chicago to Louise and 
6Norbert Sr. on January 18, 1946; he attended St. Ambrose 
7Elementary School and De La Salle High School; he married 
8Leonnie (Hardimon) on June 11, 1983; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Thomas Caillouet began his banking career with 
10Continental Illinois Bank and also worked with  Bank of America; 
11and
  
12    WHEREAS, Thomas Caillouet became a parishioner at the Faith 
13Community of St. Sabina in 2000 serving as a devoted member of 
14the Marriage and Hospitality Ministries; he joined St. Sabina's 
15Knights of Peter Cleaver 192 as the Sergeant at Arms; and he 
16actively participated at the Chicago Food Depository; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Thomas Caillouet loved sports, starting with 
18baseball; he enjoyed watching hockey, basketball, football, 
19and any other sport on television, and he attended Chicago 
20White Sox games; he showed his deep admiration for sports 
21through his collections of sport apparel, and wearing his 
 
 
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1collection of sports caps; he read sports pages from the 
2Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Times; 
3he could be found watching "Pardon the Interruption" and "First 
4Take" on television; he also enjoyed playing chess during his 
5retirement and actively engaging with his peers in creating the 
6Monday Night Football Club; and

  
 
7    WHEREAS, Thomas Caillouet was preceded in death by his 
8parents, Norbert Sr. and Louise; and his siblings, Theresa, 
9Lionel, Claudius, Norbert Jr., Bernard, Edward, and Michael; 
10and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Thomas Caillouet is survived by his wife of 33 
12years, Leonnie; his daughter, Chirskira; his mother-in-law, 
13Lula Newsome; his sisters-in-law, Wyonnie (Michael) Austin, 
14Margaret Bryant, and Emma Wright; his brother, Louis Caillouet; 
15his sisters, Sandra Ali, Mary Dancy, Linda Hunter, and Lesley 
16Amos; his nephew, Jason Raines, and a host of other nephews and 
17nieces, and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
20Thomas Wallace Caillouet, and extend our sincere condolences to 
21his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
22further
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
2presented to the family of Thomas Caillouet as an expression of 
3our deepest sympathy.