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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of
Vern I. McCarthy Jr. of Oak Brook, who 
4passed away on February 25, 2010; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Vern McCarthy Jr. was born on May 12, 1927, in 
6Melrose Park; his parents were Vern I. and Vivien (nee Decker) 
7McCarthy Sr.; he grew up in Maywood and River Forest; he 
8married Janet Strahle on January 10, 1959, but divorced in the 
9early 1960s; he then married Gaylen Broyles; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Vern McCarthy Jr. was employed with the family 
11business, Vulcan Containers, Inc. of Bellwood, throughout his 
12youth but was drafted into the United States Navy as World War 
13II was winding down; after basic training at the Great Lakes 
14Naval Training Station, he helped bring back naval assets from 
15Japan; after his honorable discharge, he went looking for a 
16college, but the flood of returning GIs filling up schools 
17forced him to attend Southwest Missouri State College; he then 
18became eager to return to Vulcan and left college after one 
19year; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Vern McCarthy Jr. wound down his involvement with 
21Vulcan Containers in the latter half of the 1970s, allowing him 
22to fully indulge in his life's passions, politics and jazz; he 
 
 
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1was well known by his family and friends for his love of 
2country and his love of jazz; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Vern McCarthy Jr. was preceded in death by his 
4first wife and second wife; his sister, Irene Elizabeth 
5Donohoe; and his stepmother, Dorothy; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Vern McCarthy Jr. is survived by his children, 
7Kenton V. McCarthy, Leslie A. (Scott) Miller, and Brian P. 
8(Tracy) McCarthy; his grandchildren, Brett, Blake, and Matthew 
9Miller and Samantha and Sydney McCarthy; his sister, Rianna 
10(Willie) Williams; his brother-in-law, Richard (Irene) 
11Donohoe; and his dear friends, Richard Dolce, John Burnett, and 
12Violet Bong; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
15his family and friends, the passing of Vern I. McCarthy Jr.; 
16and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of  Vern McCarthy Jr. as an expression 
19of our sympathy.