Full Text of SR1262 098th 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 Donna L. (nee Bost) Cervini of Oak Park, | 4 | | who passed away on March 25, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donna Cervini was born in Pittsburgh, | 6 | | Pennsylvania; she attended Wheeling Jesuit University in | 7 | | Wheeling, West Virginia and worked as an elementary school | 8 | | teacher; she married Lawrence Cervini and they settled in Oak | 9 | | Park in 1967; in 1971, she began attending Northwestern | 10 | | University Law School, graduating in 1975; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Following graduation, Donna Cervini worked for | 12 | | the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation and in | 13 | | private practice; in 1985, she was appointed an Associate Judge | 14 | | of the Circuit Court of Cook County, retiring in 2002; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Donna Cervini devoted much of her time to | 16 | | charitable and community service, including the Pittsburgh | 17 | | Catholic Interracial Counsel, the Oak Park Housing Center, the | 18 | | Oak Park-River Forest Citizens Committee for Human Rights, the | 19 | | St. Giles Family Mass Community, the Lawyers' Assistance | 20 | | Program, which she co-founded and served as chair for 14 years, | 21 | | the Illinois Child Death Review, the American Bar Association | 22 | | Commission for the Impaired Attorney, the Oak Park Police and |
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| 1 | | Fire Commission, and International Women Associates of Chicago | 2 | | (2000-2004); she also volunteered with the West Suburban PADS | 3 | | Shelter in Oak Park; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Donna Cervini marched for Civil Rights, | 5 | | participated in the anti-apartheid movement for South Africa, | 6 | | and was a draft counselor against the Vietnam War; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Donna Cervini loved to travel; she was an avid | 8 | | snow skier and scuba diver with hundreds of dives all over the | 9 | | world; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Donna Cervini was the former spouse of the late | 11 | | Lawrence A. Cervini; the loving mother of Cynthia E. Cervini | 12 | | and Christine C. (Joe) Wong; the daughter of the late Mary | 13 | | Ellen (nee McDermott) and the late John William Bost; the | 14 | | sister of Joanne (Steve) Halle, Mary (Mike) Silbaugh, Faith | 15 | | (Alan) Katchmar, Jim (Jackie) Connolly, Carol (Gary) | 16 | | Ostrander, and Nancy Makela; the proud grandmother of Drew, | 17 | | Siena, and Stephen Wong; the aunt of Matthew (Michelle) and | 18 | | Joshua Heckel; the longtime friend of Paul Moroney and his | 19 | | family; and many more; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Donna L. Cervini, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family and friends of Donna Cervini as an | 5 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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