Full Text of SR1529 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 Gloria Jean Garofalo of Oak Park, who | 4 | | passed away on July 11, 2020 at the age of 76; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gloria Garofalo was born in Westlake, Ohio on | 6 | | October 30, 1943; she spent two years at Miami University in | 7 | | Ohio before becoming a stewardess in the 1960s for United | 8 | | Airlines in Chicago; while at United Airlines, she met her | 9 | | loving husband of 54 years, John Garofalo; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Gloria Garofalo was an assistant teacher at | 11 | | Emerson (now Gwendolyn Brooks) Junior High School and the | 12 | | Assistant Director of Individual Giving at the Brookfield Zoo; | 13 | | she spent most of her career with the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, | 14 | | serving first as a volunteer, then as Tour Center Director, as | 15 | | Director of Public Programs, and eventually as Director of | 16 | | Development; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Gloria Garofalo was an active member of the | 18 | | community, volunteering with the Whittier School PTO and the | 19 | | Campfire Girls of Oak Park, serving as president and secretary | 20 | | of the Oak Park Day Nursery Board, serving as a
board member of | 21 | | the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, and serving as a longtime | 22 | | member of the women's philanthropic group, PEO; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Gloria Garofalo was preceded in death by her | 2 | | parents and her brother-in-law, Mauro (Carol) Garofalo; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Gloria Garofalo was mother to Christine (Eric) | 4 | | Lussow and JT (Arthur Thompson) Garofalo; grandma to Tyler and | 5 | | Cade Lussow; sister to Gus (Joanne) Prochazka; sister-in-law to | 6 | | Ronald (Gerry) and James (Sandi) Garofalo; and the aunt and | 7 | | great-aunt of many; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Gloria Jean Garofalo and extend our sincere condolences to her | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Gloria Garofalo as an expression of | 15 | | our deepest sympathy.
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