Full Text of SR1351 99th 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 Nancy Y. Franco-Maldonado, who passed | 4 | | away on December 29, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Franco-Maldonado was born on January 13, | 6 | | 1970 to Felicita Montanez and Hector Franco; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Franco-Maldonado was a devoted wife, a | 8 | | loving mother, and an active volunteer in her community; she | 9 | | served as Alderman Maldonado's principal political advisor, | 10 | | shaping many of his policies on education, housing, health, | 11 | | community, and economic development; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Franco-Maldonado had a deep devotion to her | 13 | | Puerto Rican heritage and community; she advocated naming the | 14 | | Hispanic Housing Senior building after Puerto Rican political | 15 | | prisoner, Oscar Lopez Rivera, and the Humboldt Park library | 16 | | after Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez; she supported building the | 17 | | Borinqueneers Housing initiative for Latino veterans at | 18 | | Norwegian American Hospital and the construction of the Paseo | 19 | | Boricua Arts Building; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Franco-Maldonado was a strong advocate for | 21 | | encouraging young Latinos to purchase homes in the Humboldt |
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Franco-Maldonado is survived by her | 4 | | husband, Alderman Roberto Maldonado; her children, Rene, | 5 | | Roberto II, and Raquel; and her parents; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Nancy Y. Franco-Maldonado, and extend our sincere condolences | 9 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 10 | | it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Nancy Franco-Maldonado as an | 13 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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