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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 Ann M. "Toots" Zupec of Vernon Hills, who 
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passed away on October 24, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was born July 26, 1921, in Chicago; she 
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married Victor Zupec on August 30, 1946, at Mother of God 
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Church in Waukegan; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She retired from St. Therese Hospital as a clerk 
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in medical records on May 1, 1985, after 17 years of 
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employment; she was originally a member of Mother of God Church 
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in Waukegan, and presently a member of St. Dismas Church in 
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Waukegan; she was a member of the St. Ann's Society KSKJ, St. 
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Mary's Lodge #79, Catholic Women's Club, AARP, and the Retired 
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Steel Worker's Club; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was an avid bowler, golfer, bingo player, 
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reader, and loved to travel with her senior friends; Ann will 
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be sadly missed by her friends at Spring Meadows in 
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Libertyville "Happy Hour" and her current friends at Hawthorne 
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Lakes in Vernon Hills; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Victor; 
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her twin daughter in infancy, Mary Margaret; her 
 


 






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great-granddaughter, Kaitlin; her four brothers, John, 
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William, Robert, and Louis Kovacek; and her three sisters, 
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Josephine Kovacek, Sylvia Brown, and Margie Kovacek; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She is survived by her daughter, Audrey (Gene) 
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Morani; her sons, Greg (Kathy) Zupec and Larry (Kim) Zupec; her 
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grandchildren, Keith (Stacey) Zupec, Todd (Tara) Zupec, Tina 
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Zupec, Scott (Jamie) Zupec, Karen (Andrew) Ladendorf, Beth 
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Zupec, and Gina and Lisa Morani; her great-grandchildren, Ryan 
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and Kyle, Dane, Ben, Abby, and Olivia; her brothers, Albert 
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Kovacek and Edward Kovacek; her two dear sisters-in-law, Joan 
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Zupec and Eve Zupec; as well as many nieces and nephews; 
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therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Ann Zupec; and be it 
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further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Ann M. "Toots" Zupec as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.