Full Text of HR0202 94th General Assembly
HR0202 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate Peter Paul Ruksza, an | 4 |
| esteemed resident of Elmwood Park, on the occasion of the | 5 |
| celebration of his 90th birthday on April 7, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ruksza's children, grandchildren, and | 7 |
| great-grandchildren are coming together from Montana, New | 8 |
| York, Alaska, California, Texas, and Nevada, as well as Crete, | 9 |
| Elmwood Park, Willow Brook, Steger, Tinley Park, and Chicago, | 10 |
| to join in a commemoration of his 90th birthday; and
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| WHEREAS, On April 7, 1915, a midwife delivered Peter Paul | 12 |
| Ruksza into the loving arms of his parents, Constant Ruksza and | 13 |
| the former Mary Dudek; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter grew up in the back-of-the-yards | 15 |
| neighborhood in Chicago, was the proud brother of Mary and | 16 |
| Sophia, and learned carpentry skills at the elbow of his | 17 |
| father; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter learned the importance of American | 19 |
| citizenship from his immigrant father, and was a model citizen; | 20 |
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| WHEREAS, Peter learned a love for the violin from his | 22 |
| grandfather, Karl Dudek, played the fiddle for relaxation | 23 |
| throughout his life, and passed on his love for music to his | 24 |
| children and grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter attended Tilden High School until the Great | 26 |
| Depression when he was forced to drop out and work to help his | 27 |
| family survive; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter began work for Percy Wilson Mortgage and |
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| Finance Company as a "gofer" and office boy, went to night | 2 |
| school to finish his education, was recognized by his employer | 3 |
| for his financial genius, worked for the same firm for over 50 | 4 |
| years, exhibited the true spirit of the American work ethic, | 5 |
| and retired as a Vice-President; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter danced, fell in love with, then married the | 7 |
| former Mary Eugenia Ignasiak on May 20, 1939, at St. Joseph | 8 |
| Church in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter and Mary were the proud parents of Dorothy | 10 |
| Mary (John Trail), Geraldine Marion (Robert Baader), Arlene | 11 |
| Marie (Robert Lenz), and Peter Paul (Victoria Syren); they | 12 |
| instilled the value of family in the hearts of their children; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, Peter and Mary extended the same dedication and | 15 |
| family commitment to their grandchildren and grandchildren's | 16 |
| spouses: Robert Kinsella Baader (Ann Pignatiello), Mary | 17 |
| Katherine Baader (Thomas Kaley), Cecilia Ann Ruksza Baader, | 18 |
| Brian Andrew Ruksza Baader (Vivian Mendez), Melissa Kreger, | 19 |
| Michelle Kreger, Matthew Paul Trail (Jeri Roberson), and | 20 |
| Christopher Glenn Trail; and to their sixteen | 21 |
| great-grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter and Mary passed on their belief in the | 23 |
| importance of education to their children, ensuring that each | 24 |
| earned their college degree, becoming teachers, journalists, | 25 |
| marketing analysts, and engineers; and to their grandchildren, | 26 |
| who became musicians, a psychologist, computer experts, | 27 |
| teachers, a Marine and a Chicago policeman, chemists, and a | 28 |
| lumber mill operator, all working to strengthen their | 29 |
| communities and country; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter and Mary instilled strong Christian values | 31 |
| in their children, and were members of Assumption Church and |
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| St. Mary Magdalene Church in Chicago and St. Anne Church in | 2 |
| Hazel Crest; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter and Mary modeled those values through | 4 |
| Christian works and regularly visiting family members and | 5 |
| friends in hospitals and nursing homes as long as their health | 6 |
| permitted; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter and Mary enjoyed 58 years of wedded bliss | 8 |
| and were observed with warmth as they daily walked hand-in-hand | 9 |
| through the streets of Hazel Crest until the Lord parted them | 10 |
| in 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter enriched the life of his daughter Geraldine | 12 |
| and her husband Robert when he moved into their Crete home and | 13 |
| was able to warm their hearts with his never-ending sense of | 14 |
| humor; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter now resides with his daughter Arlene and her | 16 |
| husband Robert in their Elmwood Park home bringing the same | 17 |
| kind of warmth and humor to their household; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 |
| we extend our heartiest congratulations and wishes to Peter P. | 21 |
| Ruksza on the occasion of his 90th birthday; that we commend | 22 |
| him for achieving a long and fulfilling life, and we wish him | 23 |
| continued happiness and good health in the future; and be it | 24 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to Peter P. Ruksza as an expression of our respect | 27 |
| and esteem.
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