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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Marion Elizabeth Simon Leonaitis, who 
4passed away on December 15, 2018; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Marion Leonaitis was born in Stacyville, Iowa to 
6Joseph and Christina (Halfman) Simon on June 12, 1922; she 
7graduated from Visitation Catholic School and completed 
8nursing school at the St. Joseph Mercy College of Nursing; she 
9served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a registered 
10nurse; she was stationed at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Seattle 
11and was honorable discharged at the rank of lieutenant; she 
12married Stanley Leonaitis at St. Bartholomew Church in Waukegan 
13on August 31, 1957; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, After the war, Marion Leonaitis took a position at 
15the Wood V.A. hospital in Milwaukee; she then worked for the 
16V.A. hospital in Chicago; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Marion Leonaitis was especially loved for her 
18bacon buns, which were baked from scratch and always the first 
19item to sell out at every St. Bartholomew's Mothers Club bake 
20sale; she volunteered with local Right to Life groups after she 
21retired; she was most recently a parishioner of St. Raphael the 
22Archangel Catholic Church in Old Mill Creek; she was an avid 
 
 
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2    WHEREAS, Marion Leonaitis was preceded in death by her 
3parents; her husband, Stanley; her  sister, Kathryn Simon; and 
4her brothers, Laverne, Kenneth, and Wilbur Simon; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Marion Leonaitis is survived by her son, Michel 
6(Jean) Leonaitis; her sisters, Helen Church, Arlene Hartnell, 
7and Jeanne Blake; her  brother, Marvin Simon; her  
8sisters-in-law, Luann (Laverne) Simon, Darlene (Kenneth) 
9Simon, Charlotta (Wilbur) Simon, Joanne (Wally) Leonaitis, and 
10Rita Leonaitis; and many beloved nieces and nephews; therefore, 
11be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
14Marion Elizabeth Simon Leonaitis and extend our sincere 
15condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
16her; and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to  the family of  Marion Leonaitis as an expression of 
19our deepest sympathy.