Full Text of SR0760 96th General Assembly
SR0760 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
SR0760 |
|
LRB096 21434 GRL 37823 r |
|
| 1 |
| SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Antonia Krueger, who passed away on | 4 |
| February 22, 2010; and
| 5 |
| WHEREAS, Antonia Krueger grew up in Boston as the oldest of | 6 |
| 6 children of Italian immigrants; her parents ran a fruit and | 7 |
| vegetable store on the Boston's north side, requiring her to | 8 |
| delay going to school in order to watch her younger siblings; | 9 |
| she eventually became the first in her family to graduate from | 10 |
| high school; and
| 11 |
| WHEREAS, At the onset of World War II, Antonia Krueger went | 12 |
| to work in the Boston Naval Shipyard; wanting to do more, she | 13 |
| enlisted in the United States Navy, where she received medical | 14 |
| training as a naval corpsman; while stationed in Washington | 15 |
| D.C. and working in a hospital, she met her future husband, | 16 |
| Alfred, a Marine who was recovering from malaria; the couple | 17 |
| was married on the Quantico Marine Corps base before being | 18 |
| stationed at numerous bases across the country; and
| 19 |
| WHEREAS, In 1958, Antonia Krueger and her family settled in | 20 |
| Palatine, where the couple raised their children; she then | 21 |
| worked as a hairdresser and became a member of the Palatine | 22 |
| American Legion Post 690; and
|
|
|
|
SR0760 |
- 2 - |
LRB096 21434 GRL 37823 r |
|
| 1 |
| WHEREAS, Antonia Krueger was preceded in death by her | 2 |
| husband and her daughter, Alice Mika; and
| 3 |
| WHEREAS, Antonia Krueger is survived by her daughter, | 4 |
| former Palatine Mayor Rita Mullins; her son, Steven; and her 4 | 5 |
| grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 6 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Antonia Krueger; and be | 9 |
| it further
| 10 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Antonia Krueger as an expression of | 12 |
| our sympathy.
|
|