Full Text of HR0934 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Adonis Joseph Negri
on the | 4 | | occasion of his 94th birthday on November 24, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Adonis Negri
was born in Chicago on November 24, | 6 | | 1926; he was raised on the South Side of Chicago
and lived many | 7 | | years in the Roseland neighborhood; he graduated from Fenger | 8 | | High School in Chicago and enlisted in the U.S. Merchant Marine | 9 | | in 1944; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Adonis Negri served with the Merchant Marine from | 11 | | 1944 to 1946; he served as a coal passer on Liberty ships built | 12 | | in the Chicago shipyards; his ship carried food and equipment | 13 | | to England; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Adonis Negri married Shelby Jean in 1958; | 15 | | together, they had three children, Sharon, Laura, and David, | 16 | | who gave them nine grandchildren, Robin, Ben, Sarah, Matt, | 17 | | Anne, David Jr., Cody, Hailey, and Samantha; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Adonis Negri trained as a tool and die maker and | 19 | | worked at Pullman Standard in Chicago; he worked at Kensington | 20 | | Steel in Chicago as a tool and die maker and then for over 30 | 21 | | years as a machine scheduler for Acme Steel/Interlake Steel in |
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| 1 | | Riverdale; after retirement, he worked for another 25 years as | 2 | | a ranger/starter at the Palmira Golf Club in St. John, Indiana | 3 | | until he stopped at the age of 92; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Adonis Negri moved to Glenwood in June of 1967 and | 5 | | was a Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Pack 740 in Glenwood; he was | 6 | | also one of the founders and a president of the Glenwood Forest | 7 | | Improvement Association in the early 1970s; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Adonis Negri was one of the original members of | 9 | | Glenwood Amvets Post 268; he was an honorary member for many | 10 | | years until merchant seamen were finally recognized as military | 11 | | veterans; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate Adonis Joseph Negri
on his 94th birthday, and | 15 | | we wish him many more wonderful years; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Adonis Negri as a symbol of our respect and | 18 | | esteem.
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