Full Text of SR1193 101st 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 Mary M. Monti on June 16, 2019 at the age | 4 | | of 76; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Monti was born to Eunice and Lyle Stanford in | 6 | | Washington, D.C. on April 24, 1943 and was the stepdaughter of | 7 | | Virginia Stanford; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mary Monti lived in several states before moving | 9 | | from Madison, Wisconsin to Chicago in her early high school | 10 | | years; she later lived in Cicero and Berwyn before settling in | 11 | | Oak Park; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Mary Monti was a professionally trained ballet | 13 | | dancer who performed with the Illinois Ballet Company under | 14 | | Richard Ellis and Christine Du Boulay in the late 1950s and | 15 | | early 1960s; she taught dance in Evanston and opened her own | 16 | | dance studio in Cicero in the early 1970s; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Mary Monti became a nurses' aide and then a | 18 | | registered nurse; she worked as a pediatric nurse for over 20 | 19 | | years in Chicago at Loretto Hospital, the University of | 20 | | Illinois Pediatrics Clinic, and La Rabida Children's Hospital; | 21 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mary Monti loved antiquing and traveling the world | 2 | | with her husband, Joseph; she was an avid reader and a pet | 3 | | lover and enjoyed going to musicals, operas, orchestra | 4 | | concerts, and dance performances; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Monti was active in two churches, St. | 6 | | Christopher's of Oak Park and St. Michael's of Berwyn, serving | 7 | | both parishes as a stewardship leader; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mary Monti was preceded in death by her parents, | 9 | | Lyle and Eunice; her stepmother, Virginia; her daughter, Amy | 10 | | Monti; and her loving husband of almost 57 years, Joseph Monti; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mary Monti had one sister, Lyla; one half-sister, | 13 | | Eunice; two stepsisters, Karen and Jackie; and four | 14 | | stepbrothers, Allan, Curt, Steve, and Tom; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Mary Monti is survived by her children, Joseph | 16 | | (Brenda) and David (Brenda); her grandchildren, Isabel, Peter, | 17 | | Aaron, and Alyssa; numerous nieces and nephews; and her | 18 | | goddaughter, Lyla Marie Rodriguez; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Mary M. Monti and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 2 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Mary Monti as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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