Illinois SR 225: MEMORIAL DANIEL TRANT

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SR0225LRB104 13110 ECR 25190 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Brother Edward "Ed" Arambasich, OFM, 

4who passed away on March 26, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Br. Ed Arambasich was born to Joann (Mulvey) and 

6Edward J. Arambasich Sr. in Joliet on October 7, 1951; in his 

7youth, he served as an altar boy, demonstrating his commitment 

8to helping others at an early age; he attended the former St. 

9Ann School in Crest Hill and the former St. John the Baptist 

10School; he graduated from Joliet Catholic High School, known 

11today as Joliet Catholic Academy, in 1969; he later took a 

12sabbatical year to study applied theology in Berkley, 

13California in 2002; and

14 WHEREAS, Br. Ed Arambasich worked briefly as an ironworker 

15before professing his monastic vows on August 11, 1973; he 

16served as a Benedictine monk for 20 years, during which time he 

17worked as assistant dean of students at Benet Academy under 

18the Diocese of Joliet, before joining the Franciscan Province 

19of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in St. Louis, Missouri in 

201992; he later returned to Joliet, where he worked in campus 

21ministry at the University of St. Francis; and

22 WHEREAS, Br. Ed Arambasich served as fire chaplain at Fire 

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1Station No. 5 in Joliet from 1993 to 1995, in New Orleans, 

2Louisiana from 1995 to 2001, and in Quincy, Illinois from 2003 

3to 2016; he was transferred to serve as a chaplain at the St. 

4Anthony Foundation in San Francisco, California in 2016 and 

5then returned to Joliet to once again serve as a chaplain for 

6the Joliet Fire Department; he also traveled to Ground Zero in 

7New York City t