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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Loretta Bobrowski-Block, who passed away 
4on March 31, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Loretta Bobrowski-Block was born in Sand Rock 
6(Hurley), Wisconsin on June 3, 1922; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, After graduating high school at age 17, Loretta 
8Bobrowski-Block moved in with  her sister in Philadelphia, 
9Pennsylvania to find work; they then moved to Chicago, where 
10she worked as a waitress and did office work; she married Bill 
11Bobrowski, a United States Navy sailor with whom she had been 
12corresponding during World War II, in 1946; she and her husband 
13opened a grocery business; she later married Albert Block; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Loretta Bobrowski-Block worked as a medical 
15transcriptionist at the Naval Hospital in Great Lakes; she 
16retired in 1988; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Loretta Bobrowski-Block enjoyed spending time 
18with her immediate family and very dear friend, Mary Pfahl; she 
19always enjoyed being hostess; her coffee pot was always ready 
20along with lots of cookies; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Loretta Bobrowski-Block was preceded in death by 
2her second husband, Albert; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Loretta Bobrowski-Block is survived by her 
4daughter, Alexis (Gerald) Pedrin; her grandson, David (Holly) 
5Pedrin; her son, Bill (Cindy) Bobrowski; her 
6step-granddaughter, Stacy (Jeremy) Letkey; her stepson, Albert 
7Block; a "special son" Ted (Sherrie Love) Corelewski; and 
8several nieces and nephews all across the country; therefore, 
9be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
12Loretta Bobrowski-Block, and extend our sincere condolences to 
13her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
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15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to  the family of  Loretta Bobrowski-Block as an 
17expression of our deepest sympathy.