Full Text of SR0009 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 Judy Abruscato of Wheeling, who passed | 4 | | away on December 28, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judy Abruscato was born in 1934 and, after the | 6 | | death of her parents, was raised by her grandmother; at the age | 7 | | of 13, she won her first election when she was voted student | 8 | | president at her elementary school; she started working in a | 9 | | Chicago store, where she decorated windows, at age 14; before | 10 | | she turned 16, she began working at a bank, showing other | 11 | | employees how to fill out statements and file; in 2013, at the | 12 | | age of 78, she celebrated her 35th anniversary at MB Financial, | 13 | | where she worked as the Wheeling Branch Manager and Vice | 14 | | President; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After moving to Wheeling with her husband in 1969, | 16 | | Judy Abruscato became active in the community; she served on | 17 | | the village's Zoning Board of Appeals and then as a village | 18 | | trustee for 22 years; she was elected president in 2009, a | 19 | | position she held until 2013; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Judy Abruscato's community involvement went | 21 | | beyond her service in village government; she was also active | 22 | | in the Wheeling High School Parent Teacher Organization, the |
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| 1 | | Wheeling High School Instrumental League, the Wheeling Lioness | 2 | | Club, the Wheeling Rotary Club, the Wheeling and Prospect | 3 | | Heights Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Wheeling Garden | 4 | | Club, the Wheeling Historical Society, and the Wheeling Senior | 5 | | Center Foundation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Judy Abruscato's accomplishments include starting | 7 | | the holiday Festival of Lights, the Taste of Wheeling, and the | 8 | | Fourth of July fireworks; she also helped secure bulletproof | 9 | | vests for police officers and worked on a program to reimburse | 10 | | businesses for improving their building facades; she dedicated | 11 | | decades of her life to all facets of community service and was | 12 | | the definition of what it means to be a public servant; her | 13 | | influence will continue for many years to come; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Judy Abruscato was the loving wife of the late | 15 | | Mario; the beloved mother of Valerie (Alden Lewis) Abruscato | 16 | | and Tony (Sam Griffith) Abruscato, the cherished nana of | 17 | | Nicholas and Jackson, and the loving aunt and friend of many; | 18 | | 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 | 21 | | Judy Abruscato and extend our sincere condolences to her | 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 23 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Judy Abruscato as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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