Full Text of SR0205 94th General Assembly
SR0205 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Rev. Stanley T. Wisniewski | 4 |
| of Chicago on January 27, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on the Southeast Side of Chicago in | 6 |
| 1933; he attended St. Viator grammar school and Loyola Academy, | 7 |
| where he graduated in 1951; he then entered the Jesuit | 8 |
| novitiate in Milford, Ohio; and
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| WHEREAS, During his studies to become a priest, Father | 10 |
| Wisniewski also attended Loyola University-Chicago, where he | 11 |
| received a degree in Latin in 1956 and a master's degree in | 12 |
| English and philosophy in 1962; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1958 to 1961, he taught English at St. Xavier | 14 |
| High School in Cincinnati; he then went on to complete his | 15 |
| studies in theology and philosophy at West Baden College in | 16 |
| West Baden Springs, Indiana, where he was ordained a priest in | 17 |
| June 1964; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his ordination, Father Wisniewski went | 19 |
| on to teach at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago in 1966; he | 20 |
| spent the next 22 years there; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved his students and he really tried to get | 22 |
| inside of their minds and hearts to see what motivated them; he | 23 |
| knew that grades were not necessarily the most important thing | 24 |
| in life, so he could put all of that into perspective; he also | 25 |
| had an unassuming sense of humor that brightened his | 26 |
| classrooms; and
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| WHEREAS, In line with his work as a life-long educator, he | 28 |
| was an editor for "Correct Writing", a textbook used nationally | 29 |
| in Jesuit schools; and
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| WHEREAS, He spent the late 1980s and 1990s at churches in | 2 |
| Nevada; in 1988, he was assigned to Reno, where he was | 3 |
| associate pastor of Our Lady of the Snows Parish until 1991; | 4 |
| for a year after that, he was associate pastor of the Holy | 5 |
| Family Catholic Church in Las Vegas; in 1992, he moved to | 6 |
| Fallon, Nevada, where he was pastor at St. Patrick's Parish; in | 7 |
| 1999, he returned to Chicago to serve as rector of St. | 8 |
| Stephen's Shrine, a small parish on the Southwest Side; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Rev. Stanley T. Wisniewski is felt | 10 |
| by all who knew and loved him, especially his sister, Susan | 11 |
| Zurek, and his brother, Thomas; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 |
| Rev. Stanley T. Wisniewski and we extend our sincere | 15 |
| condolences to his family, friends, and community; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 19 |
| sympathy.
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