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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Era Eugene "Gene" Callahan of |
| 4 | | Springfield, who passed away on August 4, 2014; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Era Callahan was born on November 5, 1933 in |
| 6 | | Milford; his parents were Joe and Helen Meyer Callahan; his |
| 7 | | father, an active Democrat and Illinois State Representative, |
| 8 | | introduced him to politics and his way of life; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Era Callahan served his country as a member of the |
| 10 | | United States Army in Germany from 1956 to 1957; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Era Callahan was a graduate of Illinois College in |
| 12 | | Jacksonville, where he played baseball and met his future wife; |
| 13 | | he married Antoinette "Ann" Hammond on October 26, 1957; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Era Callahan began his career as a political |
| 15 | | reporter for the Illinois State Register, the predecessor to |
| 16 | | the State Journal-Register, where he wrote a daily political |
| 17 | | column called Callagrams for many years; he later left |
| 18 | | journalism to become deputy press secretary to Governors Samuel |
| 19 | | H. Shapiro and Otto Kerner, eventually serving Lt. Governor |
| 20 | | Paul Simon; he served as director of communications for City |
| 21 | | Water Light and Power for the City of Springfield; he served as |
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| 1 | | United States Senator Alan Dixon's Chief of Staff during his |
| 2 | | years as Illinois State Treasurer, Secretary of State, and |
| 3 | | Senator; he also served as the director of Government Relations |
| 4 | | for Major League Baseball and served on the board of trustees |
| 5 | | for Southern Illinois University; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Era Callahan was preceded in death by his parents; |
| 7 | | a brother, Fran; a sister, Jody Pruitt; and a son, Daniel |
| 8 | | "Coach Cal" Callahan; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Era Callahan is survived by his wife, Ann; 2 |
| 10 | | daughters, Lynn (Al) Riddley and United States Representative |
| 11 | | Cheri (Gerry) Bustos; a daughter-in-law, Stacy Callahan; 7 |
| 12 | | grandchildren, Brad and Chrissy Ruppert, Tony, Nick, and Joey |
| 13 | | Bustos, and Alexa and Carly Callahan; and a sister, Neta |
| 14 | | (Myron) Erdman; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
| 17 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Era Eugene "Gene" |
| 18 | | Callahan; and be it further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the family of Era Callahan as an expression of our |
| 21 | | sympathy.
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