Full Text of HR0910 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Edmund J. | 4 | | Gronkiewicz of Chicago and Berwyn, who passed away on September | 5 | | 2, 2020; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was born in Chicago to Edmund | 7 | | Gronkiewicz and Mary Balonek Gronkiewicz on February 4, 1939; | 8 | | he was raised on the Southwest Side of Chicago; he attended St. | 9 | | Casimir Grammar School and Quigley Seminary; he earned his | 10 | | bachelor's, master's, and juris doctor degrees from Loyola | 11 | | University Chicago; he was a polyglot and was fluent in Latin, | 12 | | Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, French, Russian, and Polish; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was a probate and estate | 14 | | planning lawyer for 55 years; he was a former partner at the | 15 | | law firms Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP and Reda, Ciprian, | 16 | | Magnone, LLC; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz served as a deacon at Our Lady | 18 | | of Mount Carmel Church located in the East Lakeview area of | 19 | | Chicago for 20 years; he was in a number of religious | 20 | | organizations, including the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 21 | | Federal Association, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher | 22 | | of Jerusalem, the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, and the |
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| 1 | | Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George; he was a | 2 | | life member of The Polish Museum of America (PMA), where he | 3 | | served as past legal counsel; he was a 49-year member of the | 4 | | Chicago Society of the Polish National Alliance; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was preceded in death by his | 6 | | parents; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was the dear friend of Joan | 8 | | Trandel; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we mourn the passing of Edmund J. Gronkiewicz and extend our | 12 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 13 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Edmund Gronkiewicz as an expression | 16 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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