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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
F.D. 
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"Lee" Conlon of Williams Bay, Wisconsin, who passed away on 
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October 22, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon was born on May 17, 1921 in Chicago; 
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in 1949, he married Betty Klima; together, they raised their 
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family in Park Forest; and

 
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    WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon served with the Cook County Highway 
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Department for 11 years, retiring in 1987; he was also a former 
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Chicago advertising salesman and served as a Rich Township 
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Democratic committeeman from 1982 until 1987, when his son, 
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Kevin, succeeded him; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After his retirement in 1989, F.D. Conlon and his 
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wife traveled extensively to locations in Europe, Africa, 
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Australia, New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, Canada, and Hawaii; 
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he also developed his talent as a painter of wildlife and 
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landscapes in the Lake Geneva area where he and his wife lived; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon was an intense reader who would put 
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together packages of clippings and copies of stories involving 
 


 






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politics, current events, literature, and the arts that might 
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interest his children; and

 
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    WHEREAS, F.D. Conlon is survived by his wife; his 
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daughters; Patricia Grosso and Cathy Conlon; his sons, Kevin, 
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Michael, and Thomas; and his 10 grandchildren; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of F.D. 
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"Lee" Conlon; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of F.D. Conlon as an expression of our 
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sympathy.