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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Eleanor A. Colombara of Collinsville, who 
4passed away on January 15, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Eleanor Colombara was born on February 27, 1930; 
6she married Joe Colombara in 1966; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Eleanor Colombara was a full-time teacher at Ss. 
8Peter and Paul Catholic School for 48 years and a substitute 
9for several more; she touched the lives of thousands of 
10students and their families; Ss. Peter and Paul named her old 
11classroom, room 2B, after her in 2014; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Eleanor Colombara worked weekends at Home 
13Furniture for more than 45 years and kept the books at her 
14church; she and her husband traveled the country, attending 
15Joe's Navy ship reunions; she enjoyed cooking and was a charter 
16member of the Legion of Mary and Eucharistic Minister at church 
17and to the homebound; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Eleanor Colombara was preceded in death by her 
19father, Peter Mikalauski, and her mother, Petronella (nee 
20Buitkus) Mikalauski; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Eleanor Colombara is survived by her husband, Joe 
2Colombara; her 3  children, Gary (Mary) Colombara, Tom (Cynthia) 
3Colombara, and Linda (Robert) Colombara-Buffo; her 5  
4grandchildren, Nicole (Grant) Kwon, Adrienne, Alexandra, and 
5Tyler Colombara, and Brian (Dorothy) Wallheimer; and her 3  
6great-grandchildren, Eleanor, Katherine, and Charles 
7Wallheimer; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10Eleanor A. Colombara, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
11family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
12further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to  the family of  Eleanor Colombara as an expression 
15of our deepest sympathy.