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1 SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened

3 to learn of the death of Sienna Rae Bostedo of Mode, who passed

4 away on July 11, 2024; and

5 WHEREAS, Sienna Bostedo was born to Charlie and Stacie

6 (Friese) Bostedo in Aurora on November 16, 2009; she graduated

7 from Trinity Lutheran School in Stewardson in 2024, and she

8 was to be a freshman at Stewardson-Strasburg High School this

9 fall; and

10 WHEREAS, Sienna Bostedo was involved in many sports and

11 especially enjoyed playing volleyball, participating at

12 Trinity Lutheran School from third through eighth grade and

13 preparing for the start of her high school career at

14 Stewardson-Strasburg High School; she had also been a member

15 of the Rapid Fire volleyball club since fifth grade; and

16 WHEREAS, Sienna Bostedo was an accomplished runner,

17 participating in track at Stewardson-Strasburg Junior High

18 School and competing at the state level all three years, and in

19 cross country at Trinity Lutheran School, which led her to

20 competing at the National Lutheran Cross Country Championships

21 several times; and

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1 WHEREAS, Sienna Bostedo also played basketball and

2 softball, participating in the former at Trinity Lutheran

3 School from third grade to sixth grade and at

4 Stewardson-Strasburg Junior High School through eighth grade,

5 and she participated in the latter at Stewardson-Strasburg

6 Junior High School from sixth through eighth grade; and

7 WHEREAS, Sienna Bostedo was baptized at Trinity Lutheran

8 Church in Stewardson on May 12, 2021, and she was confirmed

9 into her faith at that same church on May 5, 2024; and

10 WHEREAS, Sienna Bostedo enjoyed reading books poolside,

11 pond fishing, and spending time with her friends; above all

12 else, she loved her family; and

13 WHEREAS, Sienna Bostedo will be remembered as a smart,

14 bubbly, and hardworking girl who possessed a smile that could

15 light up a room and the heart of a natural born leader; and

16 WHEREAS, Sienna Bostedo was preceded in death by her

17 great-grandparents, Jack and Helen Yakey, Clinton Friese,

18 Evelyn Blair, Charles and Evelyn Bostedo, and James and

19 Loretta Crowe; and

20 WHEREAS, Sienna Bostedo is survived by her parents; her

21 little sister, Gianna; her paternal grandparents, Dick and

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1 Maggie Bostedo; her maternal grandparents, Ed and Jill Friese;

2 her uncles and aunts, Jeremy and Kelly (Friese) Kinkelaar and

3 John and Angela Bostedo; and her cousins, Colin Kinkelaar,

4 Ella Kinkelaar, Dominic Bostedo, and Laney Bostedo; therefore,

5 be it

6 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL

7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

8 Sienna Rae Bostedo and extend our sincere condolences to her

9 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it

10 further

11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

12 presented to the family of Sienna Bostedo as an expression of

13 our deepest sympathy.