Full Text of SR1409 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 Edmund J. Gronkiewicz of Chicago and | 4 | | Berwyn, who passed away on September 2, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was born in Chicago to Edmund | 6 | | Gronkiewicz and Mary Balonek Gronkiewicz on February 4, 1939; | 7 | | he was raised on the Southwest Side of Chicago; he attended St. | 8 | | Casimir Grammar School and Quigley Seminary; he earned his | 9 | | bachelor's, master's, and juris doctor degrees from Loyola | 10 | | University Chicago; he was a polyglot and was fluent in Latin, | 11 | | Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, French, Russian, and Polish; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was a probate and estate | 13 | | planning lawyer for 55 years; he was a former partner at the | 14 | | law firms Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP and Reda, Ciprian, | 15 | | Magnone, LLC; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz served as a deacon at Our Lady | 17 | | of Mount Carmel Church located in the East Lakeview area of | 18 | | Chicago for 20 years; he was in a number of religious | 19 | | organizations, including the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 20 | | Federal Association, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher | 21 | | of Jerusalem, the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, and the | 22 | | Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George; he was a |
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| 1 | | life member of The Polish Museum of America (PMA), where he | 2 | | served as past legal counsel; he was a 49-year member of the | 3 | | Chicago Society of the Polish National Alliance; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was preceded in death by his | 5 | | parents; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was the dear friend of Joan | 7 | | Trandel; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Edmund J. Gronkiewicz and extend our sincere condolences to his | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Edmund Gronkiewicz as an expression | 15 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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