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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 Rebecca "Chudy" Niemietz of Libertyville, 
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who passed away on October 25, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was born in the family home in North Chicago 
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on  September 5, 1939; she attended Holy Family School and 
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graduated from North Chicago High School; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She belonged to the First Catholic Slovak Ladies 
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Association; she later joined the Gurnee Community Church; she 
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married Ronald Niemietz on  May 5, 1959 and they raised four 
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children; she worked as an assembler for Trim Inc., 
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Libertyville, for 10 years and at the Blue Smock as a volunteer 
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until they closed; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Rebecca and her husband Ron traveled around the 
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country; they enjoyed spending time at their cabin in 
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Wisconsin, where they entertained family and friends; they 
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cooked out in the summer and went snowmobiling in the winter; 
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they belonged to the International Ford Retractable Club and 
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went to car shows in their 1958 Ford Retractable; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Rebecca loved to sew and do crafts, but her 
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greatest passion was for gardening; she loved flowers; 
 


 






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Thursdays were special days for Rebecca when she would meet her 
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sister at a local mall for lunch and shopping; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; two 
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brothers; and one sister; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She will be deeply missed by her grandchildren, 
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Melissa, Amanda, Genoa, Ethan, Elstan, Jeremiah, and Joshua; 
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and by her great-grandson, Peyton; her husband, Ronald; her 
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daughters, Juliann (Richard) Cole and Christine (Clarence) 
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Axelson; her sons, Ronald (Laura) Niemietz and Andrew Niemietz; 
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and her sister, Elizabeth Aiken; 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 Rebecca Niemietz; and be 
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it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Rebecca Niemietz as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.