Full Text of SR0136 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 George A. Leoni of Melrose Park; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, George Leoni was a veteran of the United States | 5 | | Army and a recipient of the Purple Heart; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, George Leoni was the Executive Director of the | 7 | | Veterans Park District for 40 years; he was also Proviso | 8 | | Township's Mental Health Commissioner, a board member of the | 9 | | Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, Chairman of the | 10 | | Italo-American National Union, and on the Board of Directors | 11 | | for the Villa Scalabrini Retirement Center; he also worked with | 12 | | PARC (Proviso Association for Retarded Children), now known as | 13 | | ASPIRE; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, George Leoni was a member of the Illinois Park and | 15 | | Recreation Association, the Disabled American Veterans, the | 16 | | Veterans of Foreign Wars, the 33rd World War II Infantry | 17 | | Veteran Division, and the Illinois Fire and Police | 18 | | Commissioners Association, and was an honorary member of the | 19 | | Mickinzie-Vertuno Memorial Fraternal Order of Police Lodge | 20 | | #19; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, George Leoni was a sponsor of the Melrose Park |
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| 1 | | Little League and the Flames Hockey Team; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, George Leoni was the dearly beloved husband of the | 3 | | late Lena (nee Petruzzi); the loving father of Georgia Buvak | 4 | | and Donna Peluso; the cherished Papa of Carlene (Ken) Greifelt, | 5 | | Michalene (James) Tjeerdema, Roberta (Christopher) Heintz, and | 6 | | George (Lauren) and Anthony Peluso; the loving Great Papa of | 7 | | Jona, Jimmy, Jake, Logan, Bowie, Blaise, and Nico; the dear | 8 | | brother of Ora (the late Tex) Simon, Madeline (the late Joe) | 9 | | Belline, the late Richard and Gemma Leoni, the late Vadie | 10 | | Autry, the late William Leoni, the late Velencia, the late | 11 | | Alberta and Donald Provenzano, and the late Anita Leoni; the | 12 | | loving companion of Madeline Pyka; and the fond uncle and | 13 | | friend of many; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | George A. Leoni, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of George Leoni as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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