Full Text of SR0560 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 Ruth Helen Johnson Ivantic of Lake | 4 | | County, who passed away on May 1, 2017; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic was born in Chicago to Joseph Johnson | 6 | | and Anna Mae Wiley on September 13, 1927; she graduated from | 7 | | Proviso East High School in Maywood in 1945 and married William | 8 | | Ivantic in October of 1950; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic worked as a secretary for a variety | 10 | | of businesses and organizations, including the Pure Oil | 11 | | Company, the Deep Freeze Corporation, and the United States | 12 | | Veterans' Administration in Downey; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic was a devoted wife, mother, | 14 | | grandmother, and great-grandmother; she loved to care for the | 15 | | youngest members of her large extended family; she was known | 16 | | for her remarkable skills in the kitchen and could always be | 17 | | found cooking up a wonderful new recipe to share with friends | 18 | | and family; she traveled with her husband, both domestically | 19 | | and abroad, spending winters in Long Key, Florida; she enjoyed | 20 | | golf outings with her many friends, playing in three local | 21 | | leagues and shooting a hole-in-one in 1991; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic was a member of many clubs and civic | 2 | | organizations, including the North Chicago Women's Club and the | 3 | | Red Hat Society of Long Key; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic was preceded in death by her sister, | 5 | | Alice Johnson Gungler, and her brother, Joseph "Bud" Johnson; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Ivantic is survived by her husband of 66 | 8 | | years, William; her children, Thomas (Terri) Ivantic, Susan | 9 | | (Thomas) Bowling, Elizabeth (Tom) Kneesel, Karen Ivantic, and | 10 | | Amy (Alfred) Avakian; 15 grandchildren; five | 11 | | great-grandchildren; her sister, Joanne Johnson Yeoman | 12 | | Bonwell; and numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Ruth Helen Johnson Ivantic, and extend our sincere condolences | 16 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 17 | | it further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Ruth Ivantic as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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