Full Text of SR0848 95th General Assembly
SR0848 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 Robert B. Faje of Downers Grove, who | 4 |
| passed away on August 16, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a veteran of the United States Army; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, He was the manager of the Glenside Lady Vipers in | 7 |
| Glendale Heights and had coached girls softball for over 26 | 8 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, He began coaching softball after his daughter, | 10 |
| Tracey, began playing for the summer league team, the DOLLS; he | 11 |
| coached in the DOLLS organization for fifteen years, compiling | 12 |
| a record of 510 wins and 132 losses, including the years 1995, | 13 |
| 1996, and 1997, when his teams advanced to the National | 14 |
| Softball Association World Series; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1997 he began his own traveling softball | 16 |
| program, the DuPage Power; in his final season his team posted | 17 |
| a record of 56 wins and 22 losses and won four tournament | 18 |
| titles; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his brother, Jack; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Faje is survived by his wife Donna (nee | 2 |
| McKenzie); his daughters, Lisa (Doug) Spangenberg and Tracey | 3 |
| (Kevin) Rose; his grandchildren, Jennifer, Tiffany, Chantelle, | 4 |
| and Devin; and his mother-in-law, Lillian McKenzie; therefore, | 5 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 |
| his family, friends, and players, the passing of Robert Faje; | 9 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Robert B. Faje as a symbol of our | 12 |
| sincere sympathy.
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