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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Helen C. Zdanowicz (nee Wasniewski) of 
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Brandon, Florida, formerly of North Chicago, who passed away on 
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April 4, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born on October 19, 1906, in Chicago, to 
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Frank and Monica Wasniewski; she married Casimir Zdanowicz on 
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April 28, 1926 at Holy Rosary Church in North Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was a member of Queen of Peace Church and a 
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former member of Holy Rosary Church, the Ladies Rosary 
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Sodality, and Apostleship of Prayer; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was an avid card and bingo player when she was 
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younger; she was an excellent cook and baker of Polish food; 
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she helped raise her grandchildren, who called her Nana; and 
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she and her husband once owned a cafe on Sheridan Road in North 
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Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her grandson, Glenn 
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Jahnke; her son, Roy Zdanowicz; her husband, Casimir; her 
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sisters, Martha (Paul) Populorum, Lucille (Tony) Humecko, 
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Lillian (Larry) Seefeldt, and Irene (Bill) Galloway; her 
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brothers, John (Margaret) Wasniewski, Frank (Clara) 
 


 






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Wasniewski, Henry (Marie) Wasniewski, Leo (Helen) Wasniewski, 
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and Alex (Lillian) Wasniewski; her parents; and  her 
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grandmother, Cecelia Kopicki; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Helen C. Zdanowicz will be deeply 
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felt by those who survive her, including her daughter, Lorraine 
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(Zdanowicz) Jahnke; her granddaughters, Lynn Jahnke (Bruce 
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Snyder) and Susan Jahnke; her grandsons, Neal (Fran) Jahnke, 
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Mark Jahnke, and David (Susan G.) Jahnke; her 
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great-grandchildren, Sara, Eric, Erin, Paul, Alex, Greg 
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(Lauren), Maureen, and Austin; her caregivers, Irena Trafas and 
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Danuta Widlak; her spiritual advisor Monsignor Scully and 
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Eucharistic Minister Marki Tauceda; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Helen C. Zdanowicz; and 
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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 Helen C. Zdanowicz as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.