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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives learned with sadness of the death of Gertrude
4 Trunda on November 3, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Gertrude Trunda was born August 27, 1923, in
6 Chicago; she died on October 19, 2007, having been a resident
7 of Wheeling since 1955; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Gertrude met her husband, John, while both of them
9 were serving in the United States Navy; they married in 1944 in
10 Chicago; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Gertrude was the loving mother of Judith Case,
12 Toni Fahey, Jay Trunda, Christopher Trunda, Cathy Heer, Thomas
13 Trunda, and Patrick Trunda; she was also the grandmother of 17
14 and the great-grandmother of 13; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Gertrude will be remembered for her dedication to
16 her church as a founding member of St. Joseph the Worker
17 Parish, as a volunteer at St. Joseph the Worker School, as a
18 charter member and President of the Catholic Women's Club, and
19 as a representative to the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic
20 Women; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Gertrude was a valued member of the Pavilion
2 Senior Center for many years; she initiated the Bereavement
3 Support Group after the death of her husband, John, in 1988;
4 she began the center's Nutrition Classes and led the Senior
5 Stretch exercise classes at the Pavilion; she was also chosen
6 as the center's Super Senior in 1992; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Gertrude was a proud member of the American Legion
8 Post 0988, the Committee to Elect John F. Kennedy for
9 President, and the Red Hat Society; therefore, be it
 
10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
12 mourn the passing of Gertrude Trunda and extend our sincerest
13 condolences to her family, friends, and community; and be it
14 further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
17 sympathy.