Full Text of SR1034 96th 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
Bruno Bartoszek of Aurora, who passed | 4 | | away on November 1, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bruno Bartoszek was born on February 27, 1922, in | 6 | | Toporow, Poland; his parents were the late Simon and Zofia | 7 | | Bartoszek; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 1942, Bruno Bartoszek joined the Polish Army | 9 | | after he and his family were released from Siberian work camps | 10 | | in the Soviet Union; he served faithfully as a member of the | 11 | | Polish 2nd Corps, 3rd Carpathian Division under British | 12 | | command, seeing action in Libya, Italy, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, | 13 | | Egypt, and Lebanon; he fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino | 14 | | when the Polish Army defeated the German forces in May of 1944; | 15 | | he was awarded several medals for his service during World War | 16 | | II, including the Virtuti Militari medal, the Polish equivalent | 17 | | to the Medal of Honor, the Army Medal (Polish), the 1939-45 | 18 | | Star, the Italy Star, the Defense Medal, and the Cross of Monte | 19 | | Cassino Medal (Polish); after the war, he worked in the British | 20 | | War Office in London, England before coming to the United | 21 | | States in 1951; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Bruno Bartoszek was employed with Aurora Pump, the |
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| 1 | | Burlington Northern Railroad, and subsequently retired as an | 2 | | agent for Prudential Insurance Company; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Bruno Bartoszek was a member of several local | 4 | | clubs and historical societies in Aurora and the surrounding | 5 | | communities, including the Boy Scouts of America, the Catholic | 6 | | Committee of the Rockford Diocese, the Waubonsee Community | 7 | | College Literacy Project, the Grand Army of the Republic | 8 | | Association, and the historical societies of Sugar Grove, | 9 | | Batavia, Shabbona, Kendall County, Oswego, Franklin Grove, and | 10 | | Grundy County; he was named Grand Marshal for Aurora's Fourth | 11 | | of July parade in 1996; he was also a member of Our Lady of Good | 12 | | Counsel Church; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Bruno Bartoszek is preceded in death by his | 14 | | sisters, Anna, Teofilia, and Mary, and his brothers, Frank and | 15 | | John; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Bruno Bartoszek is survived by his daughter, | 17 | | Annette (Rick) Lawrence, his son, Jack (Donita) Bartoszek; his | 18 | | grandchildren, Sarah and Stephanie Lawrence and Allen | 19 | | Bartoszek; his wife, Wanda; his sister, Angela Buczkiewicz; his | 20 | | half-brothers, Casmir and Stanley; and his numerous nieces and | 21 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 2 | | his family and friends, the passing of Bruno Bartoszek; and be | 3 | | it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Bruno Bartoszek as an expression of | 6 | | our sympathy.
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