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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Edna C. "Katie" Gruber of Joliet, who 
4passed away on November 20, 2016, at the of 88; and

  
 
5    WHEREAS, Edna Gruber was employed by the Joliet Herald News 
6and Fredricks Bindery; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Edna Gruber loved going to church and being with 
8family; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Edna Gruber was preceded in death by her husband, 
10Alexander "Sonny" Gruber; her infant son, David; her son, 
11Timothy J. Gruber; her parents, Edward, and Pearl Madden; her 
12brothers, John, and Edward "Ned" Madden; and her sister, Mary 
13"Lorraine" Dirker; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Edna Gruber is survived by her son, Terrence A. 
15(Jeanine) Gruber; her daughter, Cathy (John) DiGiovanni; her 
16sisters, Bernadine (Al) Palmer, Nora (Henry) Errek, Patricia 
17(Robert) Taylor, and Jule (Richard) Arambasich; her  
18grandchildren, T.J. (Sue) Gruber, Christopher (Stefanie) 
19Gruber, Katie (Will) Napier, Cassie (Michael) Pouk, and John 
20(Katie) and Alexis DiGiovanni; her  great-grandchildren, A.J., 
21Benjamin, and Abigail Gruber, Emma and Talen Napier, Reese and 
 
 
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1Blaire Gruber, Harlow Pouk, and Sarah DiGiovanni; her 
2daughter-in-law, Andrea Gruber; as well as numerous nieces, 
3nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
6Edna C. "Katie" Gruber, and extend our sincere condolences to 
7her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
8further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to  the family of  Edna Gruber as an expression of our 
11deepest sympathy.