Full Text of SR1300 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Eugene "Gene" C. Crivello, who passed | 4 | | away on June 4, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was born on June 17, 1919 in | 6 | | Alton; his parents were Michael A. and Mary Crivello; he first | 7 | | married Dolores Smith and later married Josephine DeBacco; they | 8 | | both preceded him in death; he married Virginia Ryrie on | 9 | | November 25, 2000; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was a veteran of World War II, | 11 | | serving in the United States Army Air Corps and attained the | 12 | | rank of Master Sergeant; 3 years of his service were spent at | 13 | | the Prisque Isle Air Base in Maine and a year and a half was | 14 | | spent in Keflavik, Iceland; he served as a supply sergeant, | 15 | | provost sergeant, and Chief of the Base fire and crash | 16 | | department; he was also attached to the Air and Sea Rescue | 17 | | Division; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was always proud of the fact that | 19 | | he was the first senior citizen to serve as a page in the | 20 | | Illinois General Assembly; he was also proud to have taken the | 21 | | Foster Grandparents to several counties during his work for the | 22 | | Economic Opportunity Commission; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello worked for Wohl Shoe Company in | 2 | | the early 1940s and again after being discharged in 1945; in | 3 | | 1957, he was hired by the Central Hardware Company, where he | 4 | | rose to the rank of Personnel Director and eventually became | 5 | | manager of the Alton store in 1968; he was later hired by Ruth | 6 | | Wilderman to serve as her assistant, running the Alton branch | 7 | | of the American Cancer Society as director of 6 counties; when | 8 | | the ACS closed their office on Henry Street several years | 9 | | later, he became the Director of the American Lung Association, | 10 | | serving in that position until his retirement in 1984; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Following his retirement, Eugene Crivello | 12 | | immediately went to work as a volunteer at Saint Anthony's | 13 | | Health Center at the request of Bill Kessler and accumulated | 14 | | nearly 3,000 hours of volunteer service; he also served as | 15 | | President of the Alton Godfrey Rotary Club and as a Paul Harris | 16 | | Fellow; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was preceded in death by his | 18 | | parents; his first wife, Dolores; his second wife, Josephine; 7 | 19 | | brothers, Anthony, Gasper, Willie, Joseph (Dutz), Leo (Pip), | 20 | | Francis, and George; 4 sisters, Virginia, Lucia, Mona, and | 21 | | Josie; 2 sons-in-law, Jim Allison and Gary Wright; and a | 22 | | stepson, Nathan Adkins; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello is survived by his wife, Virginia; | 2 | | 3 daughters, Pamela Allison, Becky Adkins (Rocky), and Gina | 3 | | Peipert (Tim); a son, Denis Crivello; 4 grandchildren, Ann | 4 | | Marie Johnson (Brad), Andrew Wright (Kim), Jamie Freleng | 5 | | (Nick), and Adam Peipert (Alyson); 4 great-grandchildren, | 6 | | Olivia and Mason Johnson and Max and Hattie Jean Wright; a | 7 | | step-grandson, Taylor Adkins; 3 step-children, Ed Ryrie | 8 | | (Nancy), Sarah Davis (Jim), and Janet Biermann (Steve); 9 | 9 | | step-grandchildren; and 6 step great-grandchildren; therefore, | 10 | | be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Eugene "Gene" C. | 14 | | Crivello; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Eugene Crivello as an expression of | 17 | | our sympathy.
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