Full Text of SR0545 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 Irene (nee Witek) Charcut of North | 4 | | Chicago, who passed away on May 9, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Irene Charcut was born in Chicago on August 24, | 6 | | 1919 to Michael and Angela (nee Michna) Witek; she attended | 7 | | Holy Rosary School and Waukegan High School; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Irene Charcut was employed at Sager Lock and | 9 | | Johnson Motors prior to enlisting in the Women's Army Air Corps | 10 | | in 1943; as a non-commissioned officer, she volunteered for | 11 | | overseas duty in 1945 and served in England and France; her | 12 | | nights in London were spent in underground shelters listening | 13 | | to air raid alarms and buzz bombs; after completing 3 years, | 14 | | she was discharged in 1946; she returned to Johnson Motors and | 15 | | attended Lake County Business College; she married Edward | 16 | | Charcut on August 15, 1948; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Irene Charcut's community service includes: Past | 18 | | President and longtime member of Catholic Women's Club; the | 19 | | School Board at Holy Family Parish; the Parish Council, | 20 | | Spiritual Life Commission, and choir at Queen of Peace Church; | 21 | | volunteer with the American Cancer Society and Chair of Annual | 22 | | Fund Drives; volunteer wheeler at Veteran's Hospital Chapel |
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| 1 | | (more than 3,300 hours); minister of communion to the sick and | 2 | | homebound; Greater North Chicago Senior Citizen Club; Post 1122 | 3 | | American Legion; and Polish Legion of American Veterans, USA; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, For decades on a pro bono basis, Irene Charcut | 6 | | assisted thousands of Polish immigrants who lovingly called her | 7 | | "ciocia" (auntie); she also served as an interpreter at a local | 8 | | bank for 17 years; she became the first female Lake County | 9 | | World War II veteran to participate in an Honor Flight to | 10 | | Washington, D.C. in October of 2014; during the flight's mail | 11 | | call, she received 140 letters thanking her for her service; in | 12 | | November of 2014, the North Chicago City Council honored Irene | 13 | | with their Senior Citizen Hall of Fame award in recognition of | 14 | | more than 70 years of exemplary contributions and volunteer | 15 | | service to the local community; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Irene Charcut was preceded in death by her | 17 | | parents; her husband of 37 years, Edward Charcut; her brother, | 18 | | Joseph Witek; and her sister and brother-in-law, Lottie and | 19 | | Matthew Siwula; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Irene Charcut is survived by her children, Paul | 21 | | (Mary Jo), Maria (Doug) Rector, Peter, and Philip (Pam); her 8 | 22 | | grandchildren, Nicholas (Kinlin), Jolene, and Chaz (Brittany) | 23 | | Charcut, Catherine, Mary, and James Rector, and Andrew and Cory |
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| 1 | | Charcut; her great-grandchildren, Brady, Beason, Layla, and | 2 | | Cain; her foster children, John Burby, Mary Ann (Burby) Davis, | 3 | | and Patty (Burhman) Thompson; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Irene Charcut, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 7 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Irene Charcut as an expression of | 11 | | our deepest sympathy.
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