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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 Bernice T. Zakroczymski of Antioch, who 
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passed away on September 26, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born December 6, 1912 in Chicago, the 
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daughter of the late Chester J. and Antonette (Opatka) 
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Sobieski; she moved to Cicero in 1960, to Brookfield, Wisconsin 
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in 1989, and to Antioch in 1996; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Bernice was a member of St. Peter Church and the 
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Senior Center in Antioch and the Polish Women National Alliance 
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and Society of the Little Flower in Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Before her retirement she worked as a secretary 
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for Ceco Steel in Cicero; in 1942 she married Adam K. 
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Zakroczymski in Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Adam; 
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her brothers, Chester, John, Stanley, and Edward; and her first 
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husband, Sigfried Ogrodowski; and

 
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    WHEREAS,  Bernice Zakroczymski is survived by her two sons, 
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Adam (Patricia) Zakroczymski Jr. and Sigfred (June) 
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Ogrodowski; her five grandchildren, David C. (Stephanie) 
 


 






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Zakroczymski, Adam K. (Sandi) Zakroczymski, Derrek (Linda) 
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Ogrodowski, Derene (Ben) Davis, and Darin (Ashley) Ogrodowski; 
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and her seven great-grandchildren, Shylene, Jarrod, Siena, 
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Jaykub, and Aidin Ogrodowski, Nathaniel Martin-Zakroczymski, 
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and Aydin Zakroczymski; 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 Bernice Zakroczymski; 
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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 Bernice Zakroczymski as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.