Full Text of SR0365 97th 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 Elvira A. "Vera" Blazevic of Joliet, who | 4 | | passed away on October 4, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born June 22, 1915 to the late Peter and | 6 | | Antoinette (nee Genard) Baudino; she was a graduate of Joliet | 7 | | Township High School, Class of 1933; she married Anton William | 8 | | Blazevic on December 30, 1939; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Anton founded Modern Home Builders of Joliet | 10 | | (later Modern Builders Industrial Concrete Company) in 1947 and | 11 | | his wife was very supportive and instrumental in its success | 12 | | throughout the years; prior to her marriage, she was employed | 13 | | at Goldblatt's Department Store in yards goods where her | 14 | | ability to instantly price material was amazing; she was also | 15 | | an excellent seamstress, sewing everything from wedding gowns | 16 | | to coats; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, She was a woman of deep faith, and was a founding | 18 | | member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and a member of | 19 | | the Paulites; she was a benefactor to her church and to many | 20 | | local charitable organizations; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, She loved the outdoors; as a young woman she could |
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| 1 | | be found horseback riding at the old Woodruff Stables or | 2 | | swimming at Joliet's Michigan Beach; she enjoyed gardening and | 3 | | golfed up to age 91; winning various golf tournaments through | 4 | | the years, she also was an original member of the Joliet | 5 | | Country Club Women's Golf Team; in the 1950s, she and her | 6 | | husband were the first to waterski on the Kankakee River, and | 7 | | over the years introduced their family and friends to the | 8 | | sport; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her | 10 | | sisters, Irma Cassani and Anna Marie; and her brothers, Joe, | 11 | | Lawrence, and Ray Baudino; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Elvira Blazevic was the beloved mother of Tana | 13 | | (Mel) Gray and Terrance (Georgia) Blazevic; the loving and | 14 | | devoted grandmother of Jennifer (Marc) Stanley, Rachel (Olof) | 15 | | Anderson, Stephanie Gray, April (Matthew) Woodside, Alisha | 16 | | (Nicki), and the late Bryce A.G. Blazevic; the dearest | 17 | | great-grandmother of Leif, Steffan, and twins, Annika and | 18 | | Charlotte Anderson, Zachary and Catherine Woodside, Samuel, | 19 | | Benjamin, and Josephine Blazevic-Seibert; she will also be | 20 | | missed by her dear friends, Mary Lu Silk, Louise "Weezee" | 21 | | Simmons, and Mary Lou Langdon; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| 1 | | her family and friends, the passing of Elvira Blazevic; and be | 2 | | it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Elvira Blazevic as a symbol of our | 5 | | sincere sympathy.
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