SR0448 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Joanne T. Stanek of Spring Grove, who passed away on July 17, 2013; and

WHEREAS, Joanne Stanek was born on May 20, 1930, in Woodstock to Robert and Edna (nee Phalin) Knox; she grew up in McHenry and attended grade school at The Prairie School and St. Mary Catholic School; she graduated from McHenry High School in 1948; she married Wencil M. Stanek at St. Patrick Church in McHenry on October 13, 1956; and

WHEREAS, Joanne Stanek was a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, St. Peter's Christian Mothers Society, and the Richmond Grade School Parent-Teacher Association, where she was a room mother; and

WHEREAS, Joanne Stanek enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid cross-country skier and bike rider; she liked to garden and canned her own produce for many years; she loved to travel, especially to Fatima in Portugal and Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina; and

WHEREAS, Joanne Stanek was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her grandchildren, Tommy Dowell and Stephanie Stanek; and her siblings, Mary Rossi, Kathleen Knox, Robert Knox, Howard Knox, and John Knox; and

WHEREAS, Joanne Stanek is survived by her children, Steve (Alicia) Stanek, Diane (Frank) Dowell, Don (Linda) Stanek, Larry (Kimberly) Stanek, Michael (Andrea) Stanek, and David (V. Michelle) Stanek; her 19 grandchildren; her 7 great-grandchildren; her sisters, Helen Busch, Julia (Glenn) Huska, Lucille Harris, and Eileen (Ronald) Mauer; her brother, Kevin Knox; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Joanne T. Stanek, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Joanne Stanek as an expression of our deepest sympathy.