Full Text of SR1531 101st 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 Amelia Lenore Saccaro of Chicago Heights, | 4 | | who passed away on June 17, 2019 at the age of 95; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Saccaro was born on November 8, 1923; from | 6 | | a young age, she had to work in order to support her family | 7 | | during the Great Depression; during World War II, she ran a | 8 | | truck stop and worked as a cook, waitress, and dishwasher; | 9 | | despite not attending high school due to work, she was able to | 10 | | earn her G.E.D. after the war and soon earned as many college | 11 | | credits as she could through the College Level Examination | 12 | | Program; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Saccaro married her husband Quinn at the | 14 | | age of 19; she worked three jobs in order to send her daughters | 15 | | to private school in LaGrange; she instilled a reverence for | 16 | | education in her daughters which paved the way for them to earn | 17 | | multiple advanced degrees and careers in education; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Saccaro was vivacious and jovial; she often | 19 | | discussed politics and religion with anyone she could and | 20 | | enjoyed sending birthday greetings; she saw both Elvis and Neil | 21 | | Diamond in concert and enjoyed listening to Waylon Jennings and | 22 | | Johnny Cash; she also made an excellent lasagna; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Saccaro was preceded in death by her | 2 | | husband and her siblings, Joseph, Anna, Josie, Stanley, Alice, | 3 | | Helen, Bernice, Phillip, and Elizabeth; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Saccaro is survived by her daughters, Dr. | 5 | | Lynne and Bonnie(Joe) Steltenkamp; her grandchildren, Mikkin | 6 | | (Karl) Helvig and Nick Steltenkamp; her great-grandchildren, | 7 | | Tobiah, Esther, Naomi, and Asa Helvig; her sister, Frances | 8 | | Hoffman; her companion, Patton; her various nieces and nephews; | 9 | | and her dogs and cats; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Amelia Lenore Saccaro and extend our sincere condolences to her | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Amelia Saccaro as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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