Full Text of SR0603 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 Helena Khayat Finka of Wadsworth, who | 4 | | passed away on February 4, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Helena Finka was born in Orszczow, Poland to Karol | 6 | | and Maria (Knapcyk) Orawiec on September 17, 1926, the second | 7 | | of five children along with, Karol, Eugene, Michalina, and | 8 | | Mary; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In her youth, Helena Finka helped her family build | 10 | | one of the wealthiest farms in their community with rich | 11 | | orchards, vast wheat fields and lots of healthy farm animals; | 12 | | at age 13, her family was taken by force to the Sredmiozichna | 13 | | Rehabilitation Camp in Northern Siberia, where she spent 18 | 14 | | months in captivity; in 1942, she fled the prison camp with her | 15 | | family to Jerusalem, via Latvia, Uzbekistan, and Iran; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Helena Finka married Rev. Michael Christian | 17 | | Khayat in 1947; they traveled to Zion in 1951, via Jordan and | 18 | | England, to begin a new life in America for themselves and | 19 | | their family; after being married to Michael for 25 years, she | 20 | | married Stanley Finka in 1975; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Helena Finka was a lifelong parishioner of |
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| 1 | | Christian Catholic Church and an active member in the | 2 | | community; she was highly successful in real estate and home | 3 | | construction for more than 40 years; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Helena Finka was preceded in death by her | 5 | | grandchildren, James Michael Khayat and Marshall Michael | 6 | | Khayat; her parents; and two brothers; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Helena Finka is survived by her loving husband of | 8 | | 42 years, Stanley; her children, Jeanette Donahue, Miranda | 9 | | Reeder, Christian Khayat, Mary Bennett, Lenny Khayat, and Mark | 10 | | Khayat and their spouses; 14 grandchildren; 19 | 11 | | great-grandchildren; and two sisters; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Helena Khayat Finka, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Helena Finka as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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