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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 

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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives were saddened
to learn of the death of 
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Christopher V. "Chris" Baraglia of Edison Park on
August 20, 
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2003; and

 

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    WHEREAS,
Mr. Baraglia was born in Chicago on October 30, 
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1942 and grew up in the Jane
Addams Homes on Taylor
Street; his 
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father,
William Baraglia, had been a
Golden Gloves boxer but 
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wanted his son to be a bookworm and have a better life;
despite 
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his
father's opposition, he boxed in the Chicago Park 
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District's novice division
until a
sprained ankle ended his 
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career; he
was always active in sports and once was Chicago 
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Ping-Pong champion; he stood
only 5
feet, 4 inches but was a 
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guard on the Marshall High School basketball team;
his lifelong 
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passion was 16-inch softball, which he played until 2001, 
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retiring
at the top of his
game when his team won the Chicago 
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Softball League's men's championship; he was
a member
of the 
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Chicago Softball League Hall of Fame; and

 

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    WHEREAS, Mr. Baraglia's first long-term job was an 11-year 
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stint in the
stockroom at Motorola on Augusta Boulevard; he

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quit as stockroom supervisor when he heard layoffs were coming 
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and
got a job with the Streets and Sanitation Department; he 
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spent 32 years with
the
department, working for years as a 
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laborer; he was ward clerk when he was
appointed superintendent 
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of the 41st Ward Yard in 1995; and

 

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    WHEREAS, Mr. Baraglia had been honored as grand marshal of 
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the Edison Park
Chamber of Commerce's Edison Park Fest parade 
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on August 16, 2003, which gave
many friends a chance to greet 
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him and recognize his contributions; and

 

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    WHEREAS, His passing will be deeply felt by all who knew 
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and loved him
especially his wife, Renee (nee Pavlik); his 
 


 









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children, Jeri and Jodi; his
sister, Mary Ann (Norman) Hudie; 
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his brother, William; his nieces, Lynn
(Robert) Wankowski, 
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Valerie (Robert) Alcock; his great-nieces and nephews,

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Christopher W. Hudie and Connor Alcock; his mother-in-law and 
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father-in-law,
Frank and Lola
Pavlik; and his sister-in-law, 
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Doreen (Tom) Kaspar and Frank (Christine)
Pavlik;
and

 

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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, William 
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and Geraldine
Baraglia; his nieces and nephews, Philip J. 
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Hudie, Stephanie, Stacey, Samantha,
Jenna, and Frankie; 
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therefore, be it

 

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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn the death of Christopher V. Baraglia along with all who 
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knew and loved him and extend our sincere condolences to his 
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family and friends; and be it further

 

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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family
of Christopher Baraglia as an 
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expression of our deepest sympathy.