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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Lauretta E. Opeka (nee |
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| Merlock) of Waukegan on Tuesday, August 2, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on December 30, 1934, in Waukegan, |
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| where she was a lifelong resident and former member of Mother |
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| of God Church; she married Michael Opeka Jr. on June 25, 1955; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, She retired in 1993 from the County of Lake, where |
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| she was Executive Assistant in the Purchasing Department; prior |
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| to working for Lake County, she was employed in the insurance |
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| industry and at Abbott Labs in North Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of St. Dismas Church in Waukegan, |
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| the Bonnie Brook Nine Hole Golf League, where she had held the |
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| positions of President and Secretary, the Waukegan Moose Lodge |
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| #706, and the Christian Mothers Auxiliary; her hobbies were |
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| golf, shopping, the QVC channel, art fairs, gardening, |
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| traveling, and enjoying lunches and dinners with friends and |
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| family, especially her grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Opeka was preceded in death by her husband, |
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| Michael, on June 20, 2003; her daughter, Victoria "Vicki" |
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| Opeka, on January 17, 1992; her brother, John Merlock, in 2003; |
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| and her father, John Merlock Sr., in 1992; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lauretta E. Opeka has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially her son, Michael (Cindy) Opeka, III; |
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| her daughter, Susan M. (Robert Byford) Opeka; her |
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| grandchildren, Robert and Lauren Opeka-Byford, and Shannon and |
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| Scott Opeka; her mother, Victoria Merlock (nee Jappel); her |
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| brother, Tom (Candie) Merlock; and her sisters-in-law, Ann and |
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| Jay Chamernik, Kay Opeka, and Judy Merlock; therefore, be it
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