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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Anna Helmer of Mount Prospect, who passed 
4away on November 24, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Anna Helmer was born in Zerne, Yugoslavia on March 
628, 1923 to Elizabeth Himpelmann Brichta (nee Vive) and Johann 
7Brichta; she emigrated from Austria in 1950 with her son and 
8mother; her husband, who was liberated from a European POW 
9camp, joined the family in 1952; the family lived in Chicago 
10and  Park Ridge and finally settled in Mount Prospect; and
  
 
  
11    WHEREAS, Anna Helmer was very active with the Donauschwaben 
12Society of Chicago in Des Plaines, where she worked in the 
13kitchen and served the seniors there until the age of 88; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Anna Helmer was preceded in death by her parents; 
15and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Anna Helmer was the devoted wife of the late 
17Fabian Helmer; the loving mother of Nicholas J. (Gail) Helmer 
18and Rosemarie (Larry) Garlasco; the loving grandmother of 
19Rebecca (Anthony) Jacob, Nicholas J. Helmer, II, and Scott 
20Garlasco; she is also survived by her great-grandchildren, 
21Kelly and Kate Helmer and Nicholas and Jillian Jacob; and by 
 
 
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1her sister, Rosalia Jivoin; therefore, be it
  
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
4Anna Helmer, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, 
5friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
7presented to the family of Anna Helmer as an expression of our 
8deepest sympathy.