Full Text of SR0678 97th General Assembly
SR0678 97TH 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 Gregory Novak of Savoy, who passed away | 4 | | on March 7, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago on September 4, 1950, the | 6 | | son of George and Sylvia (Stepnowski) Novak; he married Donna | 7 | | Oakes Gerbino on July 19, 1997 and became a father to her | 8 | | daughter, Elizabeth Lindsey; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He worked as a librarian at Edison and Jefferson | 10 | | middle schools in Champaign for 31 years; he also served as the | 11 | | librarian for the Champaign Office of Education; during his | 12 | | tenure in Champaign, he was an active member of the Champaign | 13 | | Teachers Federation serving as a building steward, member of | 14 | | the collective bargaining unit, vice president and president; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Upon his retirement, he was elected to the | 17 | | Champaign Board of Education; he worked tirelessly to improve | 18 | | the education of all children in Unit 4 schools; he was | 19 | | especially proud of the improvements made to the elementary | 20 | | schools and the construction of a new elementary school in | 21 | | Savoy; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In addition to his family and to his educational | 2 | | pursuits, he was a voracious reader and avid war gamer; he was | 3 | | considered an authority on the Spanish American War and the | 4 | | Civil War; he wrote books about historical events as well as | 5 | | rules for miniature war games; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Gregory Novak is survived by his father of Savoy; | 7 | | his wife, Donna; his daughter, Elizabeth; his grandchildren, | 8 | | Margaret Jane, Sophia Ann, Robert Gregory, and Abigail | 9 | | Elizabeth; his siblings, Cindie (Bob) Teeling, Cathie | 10 | | Stevanovich, Jon (Vanessa) Novak, and Peg (Tony) Luetkehans; | 11 | | and his many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 | | his family and friends, the passing of Gregory Novak; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Gregory Novak as a symbol of our | 19 | | sincere sympathy.
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