SR0173 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Eloy Cueto of Troy, who passed away on March 19, 2009; and

WHEREAS, Eloy Menendez Cueto was born on July 18, 1923, in East St. Louis; he went to Hawthorne grade school and Lansdowne Junior High School in East St. Louis; he was the president and valedictorian of the East St. Louis Senior High School class of 1941; Eloy was the son of Amelio and Alicia Cueto, both of whom had been born in Asturias, Spain; and

WHEREAS, After high school, Eloy went first to the Rolla School of Mines and Metallurgy, then into the United States Navy in World War II; he was an officer aboard the Rinehart, a destroyer escort, serving in the South Pacific; after World War II, he finished his degree in Metallurgy at Rolla; and

WHEREAS, He worked first at American Zinc Works in Fairmont City and later he worked for 32 years at Granite City Steel; and

WHEREAS, Throughout his life Eloy was an athlete; he played baseball in the Fountain of Youth League in East St. Louis, and he was an avid golfer, playing until the onset of illness; Eloy was proud of his service to his country in time of war, proud of being a second generation Spaniard, proud of being from East St. Louis, but most of all, he was proud of his large and loving family; and

WHEREAS, He married Louise Peterson on May 1, 1948 and she preceded him in death; he was also preceded in death by his parents, Amelio and Alicia, nee Menendez, Cueto; his brother, Julius "Hank;" and his son-in-law, David Hartlein; and

WHEREAS, Eloy Cueto is survived by his five children, Amiel (Elaine), Lloyd (Patti), Maria, Christopher (Rebecca), and David; his grandchildren, Kara (Roger) Osthoff, S. Sgt. Gregory (Chasity) Cueto, Lloyd M. Cueto, Johanna Hartlein, Rebecca (Adam) Severit, Dane (Monica) Hartlein, Emma Cueto, and Sarah Cueto; his great-grandchildren, David and Cecilia Osthoff, Nathaniel and Allysia Severit, Elena Toth, and Paul Amiel Cueto; and his sister, Inez Bratton; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Eloy Cueto; and be it further

RESOLVED, That That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Eloy Cueto as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.