Full Text of SR0471 96th General Assembly
SR0471 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Mary Vambaketes of Alton, who passed away | 4 |
| on October 19, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Vambaketes was born on May 3, 1930, in | 6 |
| Andros, Greece; she was the daughter of John and Irene | 7 |
| (Genisis) Lafakis; she married John George Vambaketes on | 8 |
| September 28, 1947, in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Vambaketes was a member of Sts. Constantine | 10 |
| and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Swansea, where she was very | 11 |
| active with the Philoptochos Society, a ladies organization | 12 |
| that performs philanthropic work for children, the elderly, and | 13 |
| the church; she also baked every Tuesday at the church for | 14 |
| fund-raising activities; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Vambaketes was a past president of the PTA; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, Mary Vambaketes was preceded in death by her | 18 |
| husband; her parents; and her brother, Louis Lafakis; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Vambaketes is survived by her daughter, | 20 |
| Stella Georgitsis and her husband, Ted; her son, Tony |
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| Vambaketes and his wife, Peggy; her grandchildren, Mary, A.J., | 2 |
| and John M. Vambaketes, Marianna Georgitsis, and Peter John | 3 |
| Georgitsis and his wife, Katie; her great-grandchildren, Teddy | 4 |
| and Ellianna Georgitsis, and Stella Mathews; her brothers, | 5 |
| James Lafakis and Gregory Lafakis; and her sisters, Billie | 6 |
| Yiannakakis, Angie Kefalas, and Catherine Skordos; therefore, | 7 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Mary Vambaketes; and be | 11 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Mary Vambaketes as an expression of | 14 |
| our sympathy.
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