SR0560 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Ruth Helen Johnson Ivantic of Lake County, who passed away on May 1, 2017; and

WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic was born in Chicago to Joseph Johnson and Anna Mae Wiley on September 13, 1927; she graduated from Proviso East High School in Maywood in 1945 and married William Ivantic in October of 1950; and

WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic worked as a secretary for a variety of businesses and organizations, including the Pure Oil Company, the Deep Freeze Corporation, and the United States Veterans' Administration in Downey; and

WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother; she loved to care for the youngest members of her large extended family; she was known for her remarkable skills in the kitchen and could always be found cooking up a wonderful new recipe to share with friends and family; she traveled with her husband, both domestically and abroad, spending winters in Long Key, Florida; she enjoyed golf outings with her many friends, playing in three local leagues and shooting a hole-in-one in 1991; and

WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic was a member of many clubs and civic organizations, including the North Chicago Women's Club and the Red Hat Society of Long Key; and

WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic was preceded in death by her sister, Alice Johnson Gungler, and her brother, Joseph "Bud" Johnson; and

WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic is survived by her husband of 66 years, William; her children, Thomas (Terri) Ivantic, Susan (Thomas) Bowling, Elizabeth (Tom) Kneesel, Karen Ivantic, and Amy (Alfred) Avakian; 15 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; her sister, Joanne Johnson Yeoman Bonwell; and numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Ruth Helen Johnson Ivantic, 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 Ruth Ivantic as an expression of our deepest sympathy.