Full Text of SR0740 95th General Assembly
SR0740 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Felicia Munn Galas Brenner, who passed | 4 |
| away on May 23, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Felicia Brenner survived the ravages of the Lodz | 6 |
| (Poland) ghetto, the death camps of Auschwitz and | 7 |
| Bergen-Belsen, and the Salzwadel work camp, which | 8 |
| unfortunately claimed the lives of her parents and six brothers | 9 |
| and sisters; and
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| WHEREAS, After she was liberated in 1945, Felicia Brenner | 11 |
| met her first husband, Tibor Munk, at an American hospital in | 12 |
| Frankfurt, Germany; Felicia and Tibor found his mother, Roza, | 13 |
| who also survived Auschwitz; together, the three of them | 14 |
| immigrated to the United States in July of 1946; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1955, Felicia Brenner and her husband moved to | 16 |
| Skokie, where they raised their two daughters and where she | 17 |
| developed her reputation on the North Shore for her beautiful | 18 |
| handmade draperies and bedspreads; and
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| WHEREAS, After remarrying in 1985, Felicia Brenner and her | 20 |
| husband, Gershon Brenner, became founding members of the | 21 |
| Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center; being a gifted |
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| speaker, she was invited numerous times to speak to children | 2 |
| and university students about her war experience, doing so with | 3 |
| unfailing candor, grace, and eloquence; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2005, Felicia Brenner was named Mayor Daley's | 5 |
| Speaker of the Year at Chicago's annual Holocaust Memorial | 6 |
| event; and
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| WHEREAS, Felicia Brenner was the beloved wife of Gershon | 8 |
| Brenner, the cherished mother of Debbie Long and Judy Shiffman, | 9 |
| the loved mother-in-law of Courtney Long, the stepmother of | 10 |
| Brian (Judy) and Warren Brenner; and the revered grandmother of | 11 |
| Rebecca and Jori Shiffman and Jennifer Long; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Felicia Brenner and her speeches inspired the many | 13 |
| who heard her moving words; everyone who knew her was touched | 14 |
| by her struggles to overcome the incredible challenges of her | 15 |
| life and admired her indomitable will to survive; therefore, be | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 18 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 19 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Felicia Munn Galas | 20 |
| Brenner; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Felicia Brenner as an expression of | 2 |
| our sympathy.
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