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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Virginia Z. Kucera of Arlington Heights,
4who passed away on February 28, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born October 3, 1938, in Chicago, to
6William S. Sr. and Helen (nee Gawrylak) Zittnan; she attended
7Providence High School in Chicago, graduated from Loyola
8University in 1960 with a B.S. in sociology/psychology, and
9Roosevelt University with a M.A. in gerontology in 1990; and
 
10    WHEREAS, She was the director of the Division of Chapter
11Services for the American Academy of Pediatrics in Elk Grove
12Village from 1985 to 1996, and an associate executive director
13for the Clearbrook Center for the Handicapped in Rolling
14Meadows from 1977 to 1984; she served as an Arlington Heights
15Village trustee from 1997 until 2009, and as a trustee of the
16Arlington Heights Memorial Library from 1977 to 1983; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Virginia Kucera is survived by her husband of 50
18years, Robert C. Kucera Sr., whom she married April 8, 1961;
19her children, Anne Marie Sablock, Robert C. Jr. (Jolanta)
20Kucera, and Matthew P. (Kristine) Kucera; her grandchildren,
21Julia and Nicholas Sablock, and Mark, Helena, Nicole, and
22Amanda Kucera; and her siblings, William Jr. (Maryann) Zittnan,

 

 

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1Melanie (Theodore) Porter, and Robert (Christine) Zittnan;
2therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
5her family and friends, the passing of Virginia Kucera; and be
6it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Virginia Kucera as a symbol of our
9sincere sympathy.