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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with great sadness of the passing of Sister Mary Luke |
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| Makuch of Chicago on December 18, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Born in Szaflary, Poland, Sister Mary Luke Makuch |
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| worked in an orphanage in Sadowa Wisznia where she and another |
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| Felician nun helped shepherd 35 Jewish children to safety |
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| during a trek across Poland during World War II; although the |
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| group frequently encountered German troops, no one questioned |
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| the identities of the children or the Jewish mother who walked |
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| with them; the sisters delivered their charges unharmed, but |
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| flying shrapnel left Sister Luke with a deep scar on one arm; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Sister Luke came to Chicago in 1965, and served as |
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| a cook at convents including St. Bruno, St. Wenceslaus and |
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| Mother of Good Counsel provincialate headquarters; at times, |
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| she worked as a seamstress; and
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| WHEREAS, During Pope John Paul II's visit to Cardinal Cody, |
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| Sister Luke headed a staff of four Felician sisters who |
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| prepared meals at Cardinal Cody's residence; she renewed her |
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| acquaintance with the holy father, whom she had known in Poland |
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| before he was named pope; and
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| WHEREAS, Sister Mary Luke Makuch is survived by her |
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| brother, John; and
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of |
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| Sister Mary Luke Makuch along with all who knew and loved her |
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| and extend our sincere condolences to her family and friends; |
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| and be it further
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