Full Text of SR0387 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 Paul Slivinski on October 15, 2018 at the | 4 | | age of 92; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Paul Slivinski was born in Chicago to immigrant | 6 | | parents from Lithuania on May 5, 1926; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Paul Slivinski lived his life admirably and | 8 | | passionately; he served in the United States Navy during World | 9 | | War II; he touched many lives as a biology teacher at St. | 10 | | Ignatius College Prep in Chicago and as a school principal at | 11 | | Pershing School in Berwyn; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Paul Slivinski was known as a creative actor and | 13 | | artist who lived his life abundantly and with purpose; he was | 14 | | guided by Alan Wilson Watts, the British-American philosopher | 15 | | who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy for a | 16 | | Western audience; in particular, he followed Watts' adage, "If | 17 | | you go off into a far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to | 18 | | understand that you are connected to everything"; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Paul Slivinski's wife of 62 years, Helen (Kaspar) | 20 | | Slivinski, passed away within months of his death; he is | 21 | | survived by his children, Ann, Lucy, and David Slivinski; and |
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| 1 | | his grandchildren, Theo Glaser, Vanessa Slivinski, Kindra | 2 | | Slivinski, and Matthew Slivinski; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Paul Slivinski, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family Paul Slivinski as an expression of our | 10 | | deepest sympathy.
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