Full Text of SR0871 96th General Assembly
SR0871 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Richard DeVereaux Vanek, a longtime | 4 | | resident of Oak Park, who passed away on April 15, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago; he was a fixture in St. | 6 | | Catherine-St. Lucy Parish and served the village as an election | 7 | | judge and a Republican precinct captain; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He often held court on his front steps and invited | 9 | | any and all to imbibe in a drink and friendly banter; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends say they will remember his | 11 | | quick wit, contagious laughter, and huge smile, that he died an | 12 | | honest and devoted family man, who will always be remembered as | 13 | | one of the good ones; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Richard Vanek is survived by his wife of 45 years, | 15 | | Susan; his children, Charles (Jenifer), Victor (Kathleen), | 16 | | Laura (Brooks) Blevins, Adam (Bonnie), and Amanda (Matthew) | 17 | | Walton; and his grandchildren Tess, Aaron, Kevin, Leah, Mary, | 18 | | Mildred, William, Charles, Hugh, Leo, and Ellie; therefore, be | 19 | | it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 2 | | his family and friends, the passing of Richard Vanek; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Richard Vanek as a symbol of our | 6 | | sincere sympathy.
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