Full Text of SR0141 94th General Assembly
SR0141 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Edward J. Moskal, President of the Polish National | 3 |
| Alliance (PNA) and Polish American Congress (PAC), passed away | 4 |
| on March 22, 2005, at the age of 80; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduating from high school, Mr. Moskal | 6 |
| served in the Army; in 1946, he married Wanda Sadlik; and
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| WHEREAS, As Polish immigrants, his parents embraced the | 8 |
| missions of the PNA and PAC to help Poles in the United States | 9 |
| and the motherland; for Mr. Moskal, it was a natural | 10 |
| progression to do the same; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Moskal had served as PNA's president since | 12 |
| 1988; prior to his presidency, he was elected a PNA National | 13 |
| Director in 1963 and became National Treasurer in 1967, in | 14 |
| which office he served until his election as President; by | 15 |
| tradition, the PNA's president also serves as the PAC | 16 |
| president; and
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| WHEREAS, President Lech Walesa awarded him the highest | 18 |
| civilian honor of the Republic of Poland, the Commander's Cross | 19 |
| with Star; he was also made an honorary citizen of the city of | 20 |
| Krakow, Poland; the title of Honorary Doctor was bestowed upon | 21 |
| him by the University of Poznan Medical School in 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, His term as President was marked by many | 23 |
| innovations and advancements on the part of the PNA; among | 24 |
| other things, he instituted a complete computerization of the | 25 |
| Home Office in Chicago, making it a state-of-the-art operation; | 26 |
| it was also a period in which other smaller Polish American | 27 |
| fraternal groups merged with the PNA, which had become the | 28 |
| largest ethnic fraternal organization in the United States; he | 29 |
| completed the initiation of broadcasting by radio station WPNA | 30 |
| (1490 AM) in the Chicago area; determined to secure the |
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| financial independence and growth of the PNA, he expanded the | 2 |
| interests to the organization to include banking institutions | 3 |
| under the name of Alliance FSB with branches in Niles and | 4 |
| Chicago; constantly interested in keeping current with modern | 5 |
| trends, he led the PNA into the new world of Internet | 6 |
| communications with the creation of a website and widespread | 7 |
| e-mail correspondence; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Edward J. Moskal is felt by all who | 9 |
| knew and loved him, especially his wife, Wanda (nee Sadlik); | 10 |
| his daughter, Pamela (Dennis) Komorowski; his brother, Chester | 11 |
| (Joan) Moskal; his sister, Irene DelGiudice; his | 12 |
| granddaughters, Joyce (Joseph) Selby, Mary (Dariusz) | 13 |
| Wieczorkiewicz, and Lisa Komorowski; his great-grandchildren, | 14 |
| Joseph, Jason, and Jamie Selby, and Ryan Wieczorkiewicz; and | 15 |
| his numerous nephews, nieces, and cousins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 |
| Edward J. Moskal and extend our sincerest condolences to his | 19 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 22 |
| sympathy.
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