Full Text of SR0887 95th General Assembly
SR0887 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 Cherie Mazzone of Alton, who passed away | 4 |
| on September 28, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in Cleveland in 1933, the daughter of | 6 |
| Ruth and Gordon Greenfield; she grew up in Brecksville, Ohio, | 7 |
| and was an active participant in school activities; she played | 8 |
| the clarinet in the school band and the violin in the school | 9 |
| orchestra; she was active in sports and earned a Red Cross Life | 10 |
| Saving certificate, which enabled her to teach swimming; and | 11 |
| she was a very good dancer; and
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| WHEREAS, She graduated from Principia College in Elsah in | 13 |
| 1955 with a teaching degree in secondary education and began | 14 |
| teaching in Elmhurst; while in Elmhurst, she met her husband, | 15 |
| Philip Mazzone, and they were married in 1957; in 1964, they | 16 |
| adopted their first child, Cara, and in 1967, they adopted | 17 |
| their second child, Peter; and
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| WHEREAS, She was an active member of the First Church of | 19 |
| Christ Scientist of Alton-Godfrey; and
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| WHEREAS, She will be missed by her family, friends, and | 21 |
| neighbors, who knew her for her friendliness, joy, good humor, |
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| and great cooking; surviving are her granddaughters, Madison, | 2 |
| Kaija, Tayen, and Kyridas and their mother, Cara McFarlane; her | 3 |
| grandchildren, Lael and Tosh and their father, Peter Mazzone, | 4 |
| and mother, Gillian; and her four nieces, her sister Gay's | 5 |
| children, Hilary, Audrey, Courtney, and Andrea DeVries; | 6 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Cherie Mazzone; and be | 10 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Cherie Mazzone as a symbol of our | 13 |
| sincere sympathy.
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