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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Patrick "Pat" Giordano of Newburgh,
4Indiana, formerly of Springfield, who passed away on February
53, 2021; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Pat Giordano was born to Carl and Louise
7(Gentile) Giordano in Springfield on September 18, 1951; he
8graduated from Griffin High School and the University of
9Illinois in Springfield; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Pat Giordano was a jailor and Deputy Sheriff for
11Sangamon County; he became the chief of police and owned a gun
12shop in Grandview; he later worked for the Environmental
13Protection Agency in Springfield and the Illinois Department
14of Agriculture, where he wrote a manual for Prime Farmland
15Reclamation; he also worked for the Alliance Pipeline in La
16Salle-Peru and retired from the Illinois Department of Natural
17Resources; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Pat Giordano was a negotiator and member of the
19AFSCME Union; he was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church in
20Springfield and a current member of Holy Rosary Catholic
21Church in Evansville; he volunteered with CASA; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Most of all, Pat Giordano loved spending time
2with his family, especially his grandchildren; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Pat Giordano was preceded in death by his
4parents; his sister, Clara Marie Krumweide; and his brother,
5Louis Giordano; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Pat Giordano is survived by his wife of 49 years,
7Anita (Kyle) Giordano; his daughters, Jennifer (Michael)
8Patrick, Carla (Sean) Bagbey, and Rachel Giordano; his
9grandchildren, Jasmine Dopp, Alyssa Patrick, William Patrick,
10Noah Bagbey, and Ainsley Bagbey; his brother, Carl Lee
11(Martha) Giordano; his sisters, Paula (Keith) Moore and Nancy
12(Thomas) Curry; and his nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
15Pat Giordano and extend our sincere condolences to his family,
16friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18presented to the family of Pat Giordano as an expression of our
19deepest sympathy.