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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Eugene "Gene" C. Crivello, who passed
4away on June 4, 2014; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was born on June 17, 1919 in
6Alton; his parents were Michael A. and Mary Crivello; he first
7married Dolores Smith and later married Josephine DeBacco; they
8both preceded him in death; he married Virginia Ryrie on
9November 25, 2000; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was a veteran of World War II,
11serving in the United States Army Air Corps and attained the
12rank of Master Sergeant; 3 years of his service were spent at
13the Prisque Isle Air Base in Maine and a year and a half was
14spent in Keflavik, Iceland; he served as a supply sergeant,
15provost sergeant, and Chief of the Base fire and crash
16department; he was also attached to the Air and Sea Rescue
17Division; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was always proud of the fact that
19he was the first senior citizen to serve as a page in the
20Illinois General Assembly; he was also proud to have taken the
21Foster Grandparents to several counties during his work for the
22Economic Opportunity Commission; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello worked for Wohl Shoe Company in
2the early 1940s and again after being discharged in 1945; in
31957, he was hired by the Central Hardware Company, where he
4rose to the rank of Personnel Director and eventually became
5manager of the Alton store in 1968; he was later hired by Ruth
6Wilderman to serve as her assistant, running the Alton branch
7of the American Cancer Society as director of 6 counties; when
8the ACS closed their office on Henry Street several years
9later, he became the Director of the American Lung Association,
10serving in that position until his retirement in 1984; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Following his retirement, Eugene Crivello
12immediately went to work as a volunteer at Saint Anthony's
13Health Center at the request of Bill Kessler and accumulated
14nearly 3,000 hours of volunteer service; he also served as
15President of the Alton Godfrey Rotary Club and as a Paul Harris
16Fellow; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was preceded in death by his
18parents; his first wife, Dolores; his second wife, Josephine; 7
19brothers, Anthony, Gasper, Willie, Joseph (Dutz), Leo (Pip),
20Francis, and George; 4 sisters, Virginia, Lucia, Mona, and
21Josie; 2 sons-in-law, Jim Allison and Gary Wright; and a
22stepson, Nathan Adkins; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello is survived by his wife, Virginia;
23 daughters, Pamela Allison, Becky Adkins (Rocky), and Gina
3Peipert (Tim); a son, Denis Crivello; 4 grandchildren, Ann
4Marie Johnson (Brad), Andrew Wright (Kim), Jamie Freleng
5(Nick), and Adam Peipert (Alyson); 4 great-grandchildren,
6Olivia and Mason Johnson and Max and Hattie Jean Wright; a
7step-grandson, Taylor Adkins; 3 step-children, Ed Ryrie
8(Nancy), Sarah Davis (Jim), and Janet Biermann (Steve); 9
9step-grandchildren; and 6 step great-grandchildren; therefore,
10be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
12ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
13family and friends, mourn the passing of Eugene "Gene" C.
14Crivello; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to the family of Eugene Crivello as an expression of
17our sympathy.