Full Text of SR0697 094th General Assembly
SR0697 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 Raymond J. Petka of Wheaton | 4 |
| on Friday, March 24, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Rajmund J. Petka was born on June 22, 1924, to Leo | 6 |
| Jerome Petka and Marianna Drzewiecki; his mother preceded him | 7 |
| in death in 1927; his father was remarried to Mary Jankowski, | 8 |
| and she raised Ray and his siblings; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended Kelly High School, where he was a | 10 |
| pitcher on the team that finished second in the State; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Petka enlisted in the U.S. Army when he was 17 | 12 |
| in 1941; he forged his father's signature to allow his | 13 |
| enlistment prior to reaching the age of 18; he served in the | 14 |
| armored cavalry in the 1st Army Division under General Hodges; | 15 |
| he trained in Wyoming, South Carolina, and Camp McCoy in | 16 |
| Wisconsin; he went to New York to be deployed for the war, | 17 |
| first arriving in Glasgow, Scotland; he trained further in | 18 |
| Glochester, England; and
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| WHEREAS, On June 6, 1944, his division was part of the | 20 |
| invasion at Omaha Beach at Normandy; he was later honored by | 21 |
| the nation of France for being a part of the invasion to | 22 |
| liberate Normandy; he also participated in the Battle of the | 23 |
| Bulge in Belgium under General Patton; and
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| WHEREAS, When he arrived home from the war, he worked at | 25 |
| Western Electric; he married Theresa Mary Zychlewicz on June 6, | 26 |
| 1948; they were married for 57 years; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Raymond J. Petka has been deeply | 28 |
| felt by many; he was the loving father of Christine (Angelo) | 29 |
| Corpora, Maryann (Ron) Sutter, Paul (Stephanie), and Louise |
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| (Russ) Mellecker; the cherished grandfather of Christopher, | 2 |
| Stephanie, Michael, Jennifer, Hayden, Jordyn, Reagan, and | 3 |
| Zachary; the dear brother of Verna (Bill) Skas, Gertrude | 4 |
| Kriculi, Leo Petka, Edward (Phyllis) Petka, Jeanette Haluska, | 5 |
| Lorraine Allerhand, and the late Daniel and Theresa Petka; and | 6 |
| the uncle of many; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 |
| Raymond J. Petka, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 10 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 11 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 14 |
| sympathy.
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