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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Helen Rumsa of Waukegan, who passed away |
| 4 | | on June 11, 2020; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa was born to Frank and Anna Rumsa on |
| 6 | | June 10, 1924 and lived in Waukegan her entire life; she |
| 7 | | attended St. Bartholomew Grade School and graduated from |
| 8 | | Waukegan Township High School in 1942; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa was quite proud of the fact that the |
| 10 | | owner of Bertrand Bowling Lanes noticed
her exemplary math |
| 11 | | skills as her bowling team's record keeper and offered her a
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| 12 | | job as secretary/bookkeeper, a position she held for
over 40 |
| 13 | | years; prior to this, she was
an executive secretary at |
| 14 | | American Steel & Wire Co in Waukegan; she also served as a |
| 15 | | board member and board secretary for the Bank of Waukegan; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa was a member of St. Dismas and |
| 17 | | previously a member of St. Bartholomew, both in Waukegan; in |
| 18 | | 1979, she was chosen to carry the gifts to the altar when Pope |
| 19 | | John Paul II visited Chicago and said Mass in Grant Park; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa was an avid golfer and bowler and |
| 21 | | competed in bowling tournaments in San Francisco, Reno, and Las |
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| 1 | | Vegas; she was a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs; she enjoyed |
| 2 | | traveling to Las Vegas with her brother and sister-in-law, and |
| 3 | | more recently, visiting casinos with her brother and sister; |
| 4 | | and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa was preceded in death by her parents; |
| 6 | | her sister-in-law, Phyllis Rumsa; her niece, Mary Patricia; her |
| 7 | | great-nieces, Heather, Amy, and Anne Marie; and her |
| 8 | | great-great-niece, Riley; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa is survived by her sister, Loretta |
| 10 | | Rumsa; her brother, James Rumsa; her nieces, LuAnn (George) |
| 11 | | Nelson), Julie (Larry) O'Brien, and Mary Oakes; her |
| 12 | | great-nieces and nephews, Katie, Erin (Josh), Andy (Meg), |
| 13 | | Brian, Kevin (Jillian), and DJ; and her great-great-niece, |
| 14 | | Blakely; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 17 | | Helen Rumsa and extend our sincere condolences to her family, |
| 18 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the family of Helen Rumsa as an expression of our |
| 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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