Full Text of SR1528 100th 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 Lucy D. Bernard of Warrenville, who | 4 | | passed away on March 5, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lucy Bernard was born in Chicago to Maria and | 6 | | Dominic Colagrossi on April 6, 1923; she graduated from John | 7 | | Marshall High School in Chicago in 1940 and from Wright Junior | 8 | | College in Chicago; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lucy Bernard began her professional career | 10 | | working for advertising agencies in Chicago until she moved to | 11 | | Warrenville in 1957; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lucy Bernard led the effort to incorporate | 13 | | Warrenville as a city; she was elected as its first city clerk, | 14 | | a position that she held for the next 25 years; she was the | 15 | | director of the Warrenville Historical Society and active in | 16 | | the Warrenville Youth and Family Services organization; she | 17 | | celebrated Warrenville's 50th anniversary by having her own | 18 | | float in the parade as the only surviving member from | 19 | | Warrenville's first days as a city; the "Lucy Bernard Pace | 20 | | Setter Award" was named after her for her dedication, | 21 | | commitment, and work for the city; she was presented with the | 22 | | key to the city by the mayor and April 6 was declared "Lucy |
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| 1 | | Bernard Day"; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Lucy Bernard was an active member of St. Irene's | 3 | | Parish in Warrenville, where she was a member of the Altar and | 4 | | Rosary Society and the Catholic Council of Women; she was also | 5 | | part of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lucy Bernard was preceded in death by her husband | 7 | | of 55 years, Frank Bernard; her parents; her son, Richard | 8 | | Bernard; and her siblings, Dominic and Mary Jane Colagrossi; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lucy Bernard is survived by her children, Gary | 11 | | (Lorraine) Bernard, Frank (Shari-Lyn) Bernard, and John | 12 | | Bernard; and her grandchildren, Nicholas Bernard, Andria | 13 | | (Justin) Sadowski, Evan Bernard, and Matthew, Mary, Rachel, | 14 | | Maria Lucia, Michael, and Margaret-Mary Bernard; therefore, be | 15 | | it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Lucy D. Bernard, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Lucy Bernard as an expression of our | 2 | | deepest sympathy.
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