Full Text of SR0586 95th General Assembly
SR0586 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
Catalina Garcia of Cicero, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 14, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia was born on January 15, 1988 at | 6 |
| Cook County Hospital in Chicago; her parents were Jacinto and | 7 |
| Consuelo Garcia; and
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| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia was raised in Cicero with her | 9 |
| three siblings, Myra, Jaime, and Joel; as a child, she held the | 10 |
| innate ability to lift the spirits of all those around her with | 11 |
| her warm, caring, and friendly personality, a trait she carried | 12 |
| with her all of her life; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia's good humor, outgoing | 14 |
| personality, lively imagination, and mellowed enthusiasm for | 15 |
| life led to having a very active childhood, taking part in | 16 |
| volleyball, dancing, and listening to music; and
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| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia graduated from J. Sterling Morton | 18 |
| East High School in 2006; she was well known in her school as | 19 |
| the class "cut-up", who enjoyed making others laugh; she | 20 |
| received many Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, and Student of | 21 |
| the Month awards in honor of her school conduct; and |
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| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia attended college at Northern | 2 |
| Illinois University, where she was viewed by many of her | 3 |
| classmates as being a creative, artistic, and jovial person who | 4 |
| loved to share her passion for fun with others; her favorite | 5 |
| course was English; her main interests were to enroll in the | 6 |
| College of Education and to begin a new position as an | 7 |
| undergraduate work-study employee at the NIU Center for Latino | 8 |
| and Latin American Studies, aspirations that tragically never | 9 |
| came to pass; and
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| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia's outgoing personality endeared | 11 |
| her to everyone she met, using her gregarious, adaptable, and | 12 |
| outgoing personality to garner many friends and acquaintances; | 13 |
| she was viewed by many as an "adaptable realist" who used her | 14 |
| common sense and trusting her experiences and impulses to | 15 |
| uncover the correct answer to any of life's problems; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia enjoyed creating and making | 17 |
| things, collecting stuffed animals, talking on the phone, | 18 |
| eating, and watching and playing sports, especially | 19 |
| volleyball; she also enjoyed traveling to new and different | 20 |
| places, including Barreras, Mexico, and Washington D.C.; and
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| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia was an animal lover who cherished | 22 |
| her pets, enjoying their company almost as much as she enjoyed |
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| being with other people; one of her favorite pets was Chapulin, | 2 |
| a toy poodle she owned; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, During her high school years, Catalina Garcia was | 4 |
| a member of the Dance Club (Audacity) and MEBE; during college, | 5 |
| she joined the Mujer a Mujer Mentoring Program and was an | 6 |
| active member of the Mentor/Mentee; and
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| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia was a member Our Lady of Mount | 8 |
| Catholic Church for three years; she considered faith to be an | 9 |
| important pillar in her life; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia's life was tragically cut short in | 11 |
| the events at Northern Illinois University on February 14, | 12 |
| 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Catalina Garcia will be remembered by all who knew | 14 |
| and loved her as an optimistic, loving, and energetic person | 15 |
| who brought joy to everyone around her; the light and love she | 16 |
| brought into the lives of everyone she knew will be remembered | 17 |
| forever; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 20 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Catalina Garcia; and be | 21 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Catalina Garcia as an expression of | 3 |
| our sympathy.
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