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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Elvira A. "Vera" Blazevic of Joliet, who
4passed away on October 4, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born June 22, 1915 to the late Peter and
6Antoinette (nee Genard) Baudino; she was a graduate of Joliet
7Township High School, Class of 1933; she married Anton William
8Blazevic on December 30, 1939; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Anton founded Modern Home Builders of Joliet
10(later Modern Builders Industrial Concrete Company) in 1947 and
11his wife was very supportive and instrumental in its success
12throughout the years; prior to her marriage, she was employed
13at Goldblatt's Department Store in yards goods where her
14ability to instantly price material was amazing; she was also
15an excellent seamstress, sewing everything from wedding gowns
16to coats; and
 
17    WHEREAS, She was a woman of deep faith, and was a founding
18member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and a member of
19the Paulites; she was a benefactor to her church and to many
20local charitable organizations; and
 
21    WHEREAS, She loved the outdoors; as a young woman she could

 

 

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1be found horseback riding at the old Woodruff Stables or
2swimming at Joliet's Michigan Beach; she enjoyed gardening and
3golfed up to age 91; winning various golf tournaments through
4the years, she also was an original member of the Joliet
5Country Club Women's Golf Team; in the 1950s, she and her
6husband were the first to waterski on the Kankakee River, and
7over the years introduced their family and friends to the
8sport; and
 
9    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her
10sisters, Irma Cassani and Anna Marie; and her brothers, Joe,
11Lawrence, and Ray Baudino; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Elvira Blazevic was the beloved mother of Tana
13(Mel) Gray and Terrance (Georgia) Blazevic; the loving and
14devoted grandmother of Jennifer (Marc) Stanley, Rachel (Olof)
15Anderson, Stephanie Gray, April (Matthew) Woodside, Alisha
16(Nicki), and the late Bryce A.G. Blazevic; the dearest
17great-grandmother of Leif, Steffan, and twins, Annika and
18Charlotte Anderson, Zachary and Catherine Woodside, Samuel,
19Benjamin, and Josephine Blazevic-Seibert; she will also be
20missed by her dear friends, Mary Lu Silk, Louise "Weezee"
21Simmons, and Mary Lou Langdon; therefore, be it
 
22    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
23ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with

 

 

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1her family and friends, the passing of Elvira Blazevic; and be
2it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of Elvira Blazevic as a symbol of our
5sincere sympathy.