Full Text of SR0198 95th General Assembly
SR0198 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
Jane Radostits of Lockport, who passed | 4 |
| away on May 11, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Jane Radostits grew up in Chicago; she graduated | 6 |
| from the University of Illinois at Chicago and John Marshall | 7 |
| Law School; and
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| WHEREAS, Jane Radostits began her career as a Cook County | 9 |
| prosecutor in 1986; she relocated to DuPage County in 1997; she | 10 |
| was the deputy chief of the special prosecutions division in | 11 |
| the DuPage County state's attorney's office; she oversaw the | 12 |
| prosecution of many types of cases, including major crimes, | 13 |
| public corruption, domestic violence and child abuse; and
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| WHEREAS, Jane Radostits was named prosecutor of the year by | 15 |
| the Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association in 2006; she was | 16 |
| active in Republican Party politics and aspired to be a judge; | 17 |
| she was one of two finalists for an associate judgeship in 2006 | 18 |
| and it was widely believed she soon would be appointed to the | 19 |
| bench; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Jane Radostits is remembered by all who knew her | 21 |
| as a hero to an entire generation of crime victims and their |
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| families, especially children, and as a vibrant, personable, | 2 |
| and warm person who would go out of her way to do anything for | 3 |
| anybody, and frequently did; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Jane Radostits was the beloved wife of Frank | 5 |
| Radostits; the devoted mother of Kate and Frankie Radostits; | 6 |
| the loving sister of Cathy (Tony) Di Orio and John LaFlamboy; | 7 |
| the adored daughter-in-law of Frank Radostits; the cherished | 8 |
| sister-in-law of Arlene (Thomas) Cohan; and the favorite Auntie | 9 |
| Jane of Melissa, Mark, John, Brian, Mikey, Kyle, Tim, and | 10 |
| Michele; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Jane Radostits; and be | 14 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Jane Radostits as an expression of | 17 |
| our sympathy.
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