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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, the members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Gloria Jean Garofalo of Oak Park, who 
4passed away on July 11, 2020 at the age of 76; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Gloria Garofalo was born in Westlake, Ohio on 
6October 30, 1943; she  spent two years at Miami University in 
7Ohio before becoming a stewardess in the 1960s for United 
8Airlines in Chicago; while at United Airlines, she met her 
9loving husband of 54 years, John Garofalo; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Gloria Garofalo was an assistant teacher at 
11Emerson (now Gwendolyn Brooks) Junior High School and the 
12Assistant Director of Individual Giving at the Brookfield Zoo; 
13she spent most of her career with the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, 
14serving first  as a volunteer,  then as Tour Center Director, as 
15Director of Public Programs, and eventually  as Director of 
16Development; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Gloria Garofalo was an active member of the 
18community, volunteering with the Whittier School PTO and the 
19Campfire Girls of Oak Park, serving as president and secretary 
20of the Oak Park Day Nursery Board, serving as a
board member of 
21the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, and serving as a longtime 
22member of the women's philanthropic group, PEO; and
     
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Gloria Garofalo was preceded in death by her 
2parents and her brother-in-law, Mauro (Carol) Garofalo; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Gloria Garofalo was mother to Christine (Eric) 
4Lussow and JT (Arthur Thompson) Garofalo; grandma to Tyler and 
5Cade Lussow; sister to Gus (Joanne) Prochazka; sister-in-law to 
6Ronald (Gerry) and James (Sandi) Garofalo; and the aunt and 
7great-aunt of many; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10Gloria Jean Garofalo and extend our sincere condolences to her 
11family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
12further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the family of Gloria Garofalo as an expression of 
15our deepest sympathy.