Full Text of SR0255 94th General Assembly
SR0255 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 regret of the recent death of Joseph Paul Abruzino | 4 |
| of LaGrange Park; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Abruzino was born in Chicago on October 14, | 6 |
| 1946; he received a B.A. cum laude from Northeastern University | 7 |
| in 1979; he did post-graduate work at John Marshall Law School | 8 |
| in Chicago and earned a Master of Science from Spertus College; | 9 |
| he married Mary Louise Kenny on May 14, 1986; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the | 11 |
| United States Marine Corps from 1963 to 1968 in Vietnam; he was | 12 |
| decorated with the Order of the Gallantry Cross with Palm; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, He was the Executive Director of the Proviso | 14 |
| Township Mental Health Commission in Hillside; he dedicated his | 15 |
| professional life to the special needs of the citizens of | 16 |
| Proviso Township for close to 30 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He previously worked with the professional | 18 |
| managerial science office and as a methods and procedures | 19 |
| advisor at the Department of Labor in Chicago and as a | 20 |
| placement officer with the Placement Registry at the American | 21 |
| Agricultural Economics Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Abruzino was the chair of the Commission for | 23 |
| Cooperative Action in Proviso Township from 1984 to 1986; he | 24 |
| had been a member of Proviso Mental Health Affiliation since | 25 |
| 1976; he was an organizer of Citizens for Bush in 1988, a | 26 |
| trustee on the Proviso Township Board of Trustees from 1973 to | 27 |
| 1976, and a trustee for the Village of Bellwood from 1975 to | 28 |
| 1979; he was a member of the Illinois Municipal League, the | 29 |
| Proviso Municipal League, the Illinois Association of Mental | 30 |
| Health Authorities, the Council for International Relations |
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| and UN Affairs, and the Lions; he was a Roman Catholic and a | 2 |
| Republican; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Joseph Paul Abruzino has been | 4 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Mary; his children, | 5 |
| Kimberly (Ryan) Philo, Kristen Mrase, and Jeffrey Abruzino; his | 6 |
| grandchildren, Sydney, Brad, Brooke, Jessica, and Jason; his | 7 |
| sister, Donna Olech; and his niece and nephews, Robbie, Jon, | 8 |
| Mark, and Elizabeth; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 |
| Joseph P. Abruzino, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 12 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 16 |
| sympathy.
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