Full Text of SR0543 94th General Assembly
SR0543 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Sam Filippo of Waukegan on | 4 |
| Tuesday, November 22, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on September 7, 1923, in Chicago; he | 6 |
| graduated from Fenger High School, class of 1940, and was a | 7 |
| member of the 1939 Chicago City Champion Football Team; he | 8 |
| received his B.A. and M.A. in English from DePaul University; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, He married Adeline (nee Rizzolo) on October 8, | 11 |
| 1944; he played professional baseball with the Cleveland | 12 |
| Indians and football; he enlisted in the United States Army | 13 |
| after Pearl Harbor and was assigned to the anti-aircraft | 14 |
| artillery; he served in combat at Dutch Harbor, Aleutian | 15 |
| Islands, during the only enemy ground assault on U.S. soil and | 16 |
| served in combat in Europe during 1944-1945; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a scholar, athlete, devoted husband and | 18 |
| father, and a public servant; he was an English teacher and | 19 |
| Assistant Principal at Waukegan Township High School, | 20 |
| beginning in 1952, and was Athletic Director and Assistant | 21 |
| Principal at Deerfield-Highland Park School District until his | 22 |
| retirement; he served the City of Waukegan for 24 years as City | 23 |
| Treasurer and City Clerk; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Sam Filippo has been deeply felt by | 25 |
| many, especially by his wife of 61 years, Adeline (nee | 26 |
| Rizzolo); his children, Sam Filippo, Marie Ryan, Tina (Terry) | 27 |
| O'Malie, and Anthony (Julie) Filippo; his grandchildren, Matt | 28 |
| and Marissa Filippo, Nicole (Chad) Ryan-Brown, Jeremiah Ryan, | 29 |
| Katherine, Tony, and Gina Filippo, and Hank and Sam O'Malie; | 30 |
| and his sister, Rea Albarello; he was preceded in death by his | 31 |
| parents, Antonio and Mary Filippo; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 |
| Sam Filippo, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 4 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to him family as an expression of our deepest | 8 |
| sympathy.
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