Full Text of SR0158 95th General Assembly
SR0158 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Dorothy DiPaolo of Chicago, owner of | 4 |
| Mario's Italian Lemonade Stand, who passed away on January 28, | 5 |
| 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy DiPaolo was born and raised on the North | 7 |
| Side of Chicago; she was an
accomplished ice skater who | 8 |
| traveled with the Ice Capades for two years; in 1951, she and | 9 |
| her husband Mario Sr. opened Mario's General Store; in 1958, | 10 |
| she and Mario Sr. co-founded the famous "Mario's Italian
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| Lemonade Stand" which has become an unofficial Chicago | 12 |
| institution, slaking summer thirsts for nearly half a century; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy DiPaolo was known as a direct, | 15 |
| plain-spoken businesswoman who could be seen everyday at the | 16 |
| front counter of Mario's without exception; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy DiPaolo was preceded in death by her | 18 |
| husband, Mario DiPaolo Sr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy DiPaolo will be remembered by all who knew | 20 |
| and loved her, especially her son, Mario (Maria) DiPaolo Jr.; | 21 |
| her daughter, Donna (the Honorable Raymond) Jagielski; and her |
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| grandchildren, Raeonna, Ray Jr., Mario, Davina and Marco; | 2 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Dorothy DiPaolo; and be | 6 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Dorothy DiPaolo as an expression of | 9 |
| our sympathy.
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