Full Text of SR0479 93rd General Assembly
SR0479 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Maria Teresa Alvarado Avila | 4 |
| of St. Petersburg's Beach, Florida, on Sunday, February 1, | 5 |
| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Avila was born on January 7, 1914 in El Paso, | 7 |
| Texas to Maria Prieto and Mercedes Alvarado Bernal; she moved | 8 |
| to Chicago in 1930; during The Great Depression, she sold | 9 |
| homemade ice cream, sweet potatoes, and paper shopping bags | 10 |
| with handles on Maxwell Street; she also worked at the Nabisco | 11 |
| Cookie Factory located on Polk Street and helped her | 12 |
| sister-in-law run Bob's Grocery Store located near Taylor in | 13 |
| the Old Italian neighborhood; and
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| WHEREAS, She met Frank Mosqueda Parocua Avila in El Paso, | 15 |
| Texas and married him in 1936 in Chicago; they had 4 children | 16 |
| and later divorced; when he remarried, she gained 3 stepsons | 17 |
| that she cared for in her home; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Avila served as a precinct captain for the 5th | 19 |
| Precinct of the 46th Ward when she and her family lived in the | 20 |
| Wrigley section of Lakeview in Chicago; she also worked in the | 21 |
| old 1st Ward (before redistricting) for about 10 years and the | 22 |
| 22nd Ward in Chicago; she knew everyone in her precincts by | 23 |
| name; her children often "walked the precincts" to get out the | 24 |
| votes; after years and years of this kind of work for others, | 25 |
| Ms. Avila was especially excited when her eldest son, Frank | 26 |
| Avila, was elected and installed as Commissioner of the Water | 27 |
| Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in the fall of 2002; | 28 |
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Avila acted as a kind of social worker and | 30 |
| helped many people to obtain various social services; she also | 31 |
| worked for many years and retired as an employee for the Office |
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| of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County; because she | 2 |
| was bilingual, she often translated Spanish and English for | 3 |
| judges, lawyers, law enforcement officers, and other people in | 4 |
| the courts and offices; and
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| WHEREAS, Following her retirement from the Office of the | 6 |
| Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, she moved to St. | 7 |
| Petersburg's Beach, Florida; she enjoyed a special trip back to | 8 |
| El Paso, Texas to reunite with her many Alvarado cousins; she | 9 |
| always owned dogs, including King and Chewie; she had a hearty, | 10 |
| deep laugh that will not be forgotten; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Maria Teresa Alvarado Avila has | 12 |
| been deeply felt by many, especially her sister, Lala Carvajal; | 13 |
| her daughter, Mary Theresa Avila Pabon; her sons, Commissioner | 14 |
| of Water Reclamation Frank (Sherry) Avila, Richard Avila, and | 15 |
| Daniel Avila; her stepsons, Russell Metzger (Liane) Avila, | 16 |
| Richard Frank Metzger Avila (Diane Allard), and Robert Metzger | 17 |
| Avila (Darlene Meinke); her grandchildren, Anthony Pabon, Rich | 18 |
| Higgins Avila, Frank B. Avila, Quinn Avila, Audrey Avila, Dan | 19 |
| Avila, Brandi Avila Valdez, and Robert Avila; her 8 | 20 |
| step-grandchildren; her 6 great-grandchildren; her 3 | 21 |
| step-great-grandchildren; and her numerous nieces and nephews; | 22 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 24 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 25 |
| Maria Teresa Alvarado Avila, and we extend our deepest sympathy | 26 |
| to her friends, family, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 27 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 29 |
| presented to the family of Maria Teresa Alvarado Avila as an | 30 |
| expression of our sincere condolences.
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