Full Text of HR1489 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Bruno | 4 | | Bartoszek of Aurora, who passed away on November 1, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born February 27, 1922 in Toporow, Poland | 6 | | to the late Simon and Zofia Bartoszek; he was a World War II | 7 | | veteran; in 1942, he joined the Polish Army after he and his | 8 | | family were released from Siberian work camps in the Soviet | 9 | | Union; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He was a member of the Polish 2nd Corps, 3rd | 11 | | Carpathian Division under British Command; he saw action in | 12 | | Libya, Italy, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, and Lebanon; he | 13 | | fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino when the Polish Army | 14 | | defeated the German forces in May of 1944; he was awarded | 15 | | several medals during his time of service, including the | 16 | | Virtuti Militari medal, which is the Polish equivalent to the | 17 | | Congressional Medal of Honor, the Army Medal(Polish), the | 18 | | 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star, the Defense Medal, and the Cross | 19 | | of Monte Cassino Medal (Polish); and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, After the war, he worked in the British War Office | 21 | | in London, England before coming to the United States in 1951; | 22 | | he worked for Aurora Pump, the Burlington Northern Railroad, |
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| 1 | | and subsequently retired as an agent for the Prudential | 2 | | Insurance Company; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, He was a member of several local clubs and | 4 | | historical societies in Aurora and the surrounding | 5 | | communities; he was a volunteer tutor at Waubonsee Community | 6 | | College for their ESL program and was a longtime volunteer with | 7 | | the Boy Scouts of America; he was named Grand Marshal for | 8 | | Aurora's Fourth of July parade in 1996; and he was a member of | 9 | | Our Lady of Good Counsel Church; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his sisters, Anna, | 11 | | Teofilia, and Mary; and his brothers, Frank and John; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Bruno Bartoszek is survived by his wife, Wanda; | 13 | | his daughter, Annette (Rick) Lawrence; his son, Jack (Donita) | 14 | | Bartoszek; his grandchildren, Sarah and Stephanie Lawrence, | 15 | | and Allen Bartoszek; his sister, Angela Buczkiewicz; his | 16 | | half-brothers, Casmir and Stanley; and his numerous nieces and | 17 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Bruno | 21 | | Bartoszek; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Bruno Bartoszek as a symbol of our | 3 | | sincere sympathy.
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