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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Dorothy DiPaolo of Chicago, owner of
4 Mario's Italian Lemonade Stand, who passed away on January 28,
5 2007; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Dorothy DiPaolo was born and raised on the North
7 Side of Chicago; she was an accomplished ice skater who
8 traveled with the Ice Capades for two years; in 1951, she and
9 her husband Mario Sr. opened Mario's General Store; in 1958,
10 she and Mario Sr. co-founded the famous "Mario's Italian
11 Lemonade Stand" which has become an unofficial Chicago
12 institution, slaking summer thirsts for nearly half a century;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, Dorothy DiPaolo was known as a direct,
15 plain-spoken businesswoman who could be seen everyday at the
16 front counter of Mario's without exception; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Dorothy DiPaolo was preceded in death by her
18 husband, Mario DiPaolo Sr.; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Dorothy DiPaolo will be remembered by all who knew
20 and loved her, especially her son, Mario (Maria) DiPaolo Jr.;
21 her daughter, Donna (the Honorable Raymond) Jagielski; and her

 

 

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1 grandchildren, Raeonna, Ray Jr., Mario, Davina and Marco;
2 therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
4 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
5 her family and friends, the passing of Dorothy DiPaolo; and be
6 it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to the family of Dorothy DiPaolo as an expression of
9 our sympathy.