Full Text of HR0231 95th General Assembly
HR0231 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Ann | 4 |
| Colette Scanu, who passed away on February 24, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Ann Colette Scanu, nee Wahl, was born on September | 6 |
| 2nd, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio; she was the first born child of | 7 |
| Dr. William and Coletta Schertzer Wahl; she graduated from
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| Sacred Heart Academy High School in 1945, and then began her | 9 |
| studies at Ursuline College, where she earned her Bachelor of | 10 |
| Science degree in 1949; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1949 Ann took a job at Cleveland Clinic where | 12 |
| she worked as a research assistant for the next decade; it was | 13 |
| here that she met Dr. Angelo Scanu, whom she married on June | 14 |
| 7th, 1958; they settled in Hyde Park, where they raised their | 15 |
| two children, Gabriella and Marco; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1971, Ann began working as a part time tutor at | 17 |
| St. Thomas the Apostle School and within a few years the | 18 |
| position became full-time; at the time of her retirement in the | 19 |
| spring of 2004, Ann had been a member of the faculty at St. | 20 |
| Thomas for over 32 years, making hers one of the longest | 21 |
| teaching careers in the history of the school; and
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| WHEREAS, In the middle of her tenure at St. Thomas, Ann | 2 |
| Scanu went back to school, earning her Master of Education | 3 |
| degree from the University of Chicago in 1979; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Ann enjoyed volunteering her time to a number of | 5 |
| Chicago organizations, including the Lincoln Park Zoo and the | 6 |
| Visitors' Center at the Chicago Cultural Center; she was also a | 7 |
| familiar face at the Museum of Science and Industry, where she | 8 |
| volunteered for a quarter-century; Ann enjoyed traveling to | 9 |
| many corners of the globe, beginning with her first trip to | 10 |
| Europe in 1953; Ann visited five of the seven continents during | 11 |
| the course of the next half-century; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, In 1984, Ann met her lifelong pen pal during a | 13 |
| visit to the town of Yeelanna, Australia, and participated in | 14 |
| no fewer than two archeological digs in England and France; Ann | 15 |
| loved the scenery, people, and culture of her husband's | 16 |
| homeland, Italy, and enjoyed many, many happy times with | 17 |
| friends and family in that beautiful country; and
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| WHEREAS, Ann also loved a good book, a beer, a salty snack, | 19 |
| and was eager to share with the ones she loved; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Ann Scanu is survived by her husband, Angelo; her | 21 |
| daughter, Gabriella (Warren); her son, Marco (Jamie); her two | 22 |
| grandsons, Niccolo and Matteo; her sister, Sue; her brother, |
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| Jerry (Phyllis); and her many nieces and nephews; she was | 2 |
| preceded in death by her parents and her sister and | 3 |
| brother-in-law, Sally and Ralph "Mac" McCool; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Ann | 7 |
| Colette Scanu; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Ann Colette Scanu as an expression | 10 |
| of our sympathy.
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