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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Sara Soledad Villanueva of Chicago, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on December 24, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Sara Soledad Villanueva was born on September 23, | ||||||
| 6 | 1963; following her grandfather, she immigrated to the United | ||||||
| 7 | States at the age of 13 with her mother and siblings; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Sara Soledad Villanueva graduated from William H. | ||||||
| 9 | Wells High School in Chicago; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Sara Soledad Villanueva married Teodoro | ||||||
| 11 | Villanueva on July 10, 1991; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Sara Soledad Villanueva attended college part | ||||||
| 13 | time while working full time, volunteering in her community, | ||||||
| 14 | and raising her children, Yesenia, Alex, Celina, and Derek; | ||||||
| 15 | and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, In 2003, Sara Soledad Villanueva graduated from | ||||||
| 17 | Roosevelt University with a master's degree; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, For over 25 years, Sara Soledad Villanueva | ||||||
| 19 | volunteered with Instituto del Progreso Latino and Community | ||||||
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| 1 | Health to help her neighbors succeed academically and lead | ||||||
| 2 | healthy lives; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Sara Soledad Villanueva forged strong bonds with | ||||||
| 4 | the patients she served; she was described by Community Health | ||||||
| 5 | as their personal Wonder Woman; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In her free time, Sara Soledad Villanueva loved | ||||||
| 7 | to bike, watch old western movies, and watch the Chicago | ||||||
| 8 | Bulls; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Sara Soledad Villanueva was deeply loved by her | ||||||
| 10 | family; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Sara Soledad Villanueva and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 14 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Sara Soledad Villanueva as an | ||||||
| 18 | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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