Full Text of SR1178 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Alan A. Amato of Berwyn, formerly of Oak | 4 | | Park, who passed away on April 8, 2020 at the age of 68; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Alan Amato was born on February 7, 1952; he grew | 6 | | up in Chicago's Little Italy at Taylor and Halsted streets; he | 7 | | was a longtime resident of Oak Park; he attended the University | 8 | | of Illinois Chicago; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Alan Amato started his professional career as a | 10 | | community organizer with Catholic Charities; he also sold | 11 | | cemetery plots for St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery in Niles; he | 12 | | was a partner and manager of the Pride Agenda bookstore in Oak | 13 | | Park from 1994 to 1998; he later worked at Tan Travel in Oak | 14 | | Park; he worked at the Art Institute of Chicago's bookstore and | 15 | | gift shop until retirement; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Alan Amato was passionate about activism, social | 17 | | justice, and local politics; he was active in the Oak Park | 18 | | Lesbian and Gay Association, now OPALGA+, where he chaired the | 19 | | group's public policy committee; he was instrumental in the | 20 | | passage of Oak Park's landmark Domestic Partnership Registry, | 21 | | which was the first of its kind in Illinois and one of the few | 22 | | in the nation; he formed the Berwyn United Gay and Lesbian |
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| 1 | | Organization (BUNGALO) with a fellow LGB resident; he also | 2 | | volunteered with the Illinois Gay and Lesbian Task Force, which | 3 | | shared offices with OPALGA; he co-chaired the 2007 campaign to | 4 | | elect Oak Park village trustee candidates that were selected by | 5 | | the Village Manager Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Alan Amato loved to travel and enjoyed good food, | 7 | | good wine, and playing cards; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Alan Amato was preceded in death by his parents, | 9 | | Alphonse and Marie "Emily" (Pezzuto) Amato; his brothers, | 10 | | Charles and Felix; his beloved dog, Alice B. Toklas; and his | 11 | | loving cats, Alfie and Pierre; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Alan Amato is survived by his cousins, Denise | 13 | | Polerecky, Mary McEnerney, Mary Pezzuto, Judy Jones, Mary | 14 | | Marino, and Phil Amato; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Alan A. Amato and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 18 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Alan Amato as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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