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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 hear of the death of Mike Tessaro of Maryville, who passed away
4 on August 30, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mike Tessaro was born on June 3, 1920 in
6 Maryville; his parents were John and Rose, nee Peila, Tessaro;
7 he married Mildred, nee Short, Tessaro on January 1, 1942; she
8 passed away on February 1, 1978; he married Lorene, nee Fisk,
9 Tessaro, on July 20, 1985; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Mike Tessaro was a retired laborer and
11 construction worker; he was a member of First Assembly of God
12 Church in Collinsville; he belonged to the Edwardsville Moose
13 Lodge and was a life member of Labor Local 474; and he was an
14 inductee into the "OLD ROOKIES" Granite City Sports Hall of
15 Fame; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Mike Tessaro was preceded in death by his first
17 wife, Mildred; his parents, John and Rose; his son, Michael
18 John Tessaro; his daughter, Melanie; his brother, Mike Tessaro;
19 and his sisters, Mary Schlemer and Margie Behrend; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Mike Tessaro is survived by his wife, Lorene; his
21 son, Larry Tessaro; his stepson, Michael (Pam) Collins; his

 

 

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1 daughter, Mrs. Roseann (Luther) Holst; his 7 grandchildren; and
2 his 17 great-grandchildren; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Mike Tessaro will be remembered by all who knew
4 and loved him as a good person and neighbor and as a devoted
5 servant of the Lord; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8 his family and friends, the passing of Mike Tessaro; and be it
9 further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Mike Tessaro as an expression of our
12 sympathy.