Full Text of SR0912 097th 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
Althea Przybylo Kroger, who passed away | 4 | | on August 30, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Althea Kroger was born in Chicago; her parents | 6 | | were Ted and Alice Przybylo; she attended St. Helen's Polish | 7 | | Catholic Grade School and Mt. St Mary High School; while at Mt. | 8 | | St. Mary, she played the piano and violin and performed in | 9 | | numerous orchestra concerts; she was also captain of the | 10 | | varsity basketball and volleyball teams and served as class | 11 | | officer and president of the Girls Athletic Association; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, After high school, Althea Kroger attended St. | 13 | | Louis University, where she met the man of her dreams, Joe | 14 | | Kroger; after marrying in 1969, Joe and Althea moved to | 15 | | Toronto, where Althea became a mother to their loving son, | 16 | | Andrew; she subsequently earned her master's degree in | 17 | | political science from the University of Vermont, her law | 18 | | degree from Vermont Law School, and her Master of Public | 19 | | Administration Degree from the John F. Kennedy School of | 20 | | Government at Harvard University; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Althea Kroger was committed to social justice and | 22 | | was an activist in women's rights; despite strong opposition, |
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| 1 | | she was elected and served in the Vermont House of | 2 | | Representatives for 4 terms; she subsequently served 2 terms in | 3 | | the Vermont Senate before becoming a family court judge; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, After a year of rest following her colon cancer | 5 | | diagnosis in 1996, Althea Kroger traveled to Poland and fell in | 6 | | love with the country and its people; after studying for a year | 7 | | in Krakow, she received her certification to teach English as a | 8 | | second language; she then purchased and renovated a large | 9 | | building and opened the Althea Institute in Debica, which was | 10 | | founded to teach English and leadership skills to business | 11 | | managers and civic leaders; for the next 10 years, she worked | 12 | | relentlessly to better the lives of many people in Poland and | 13 | | the world at large; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Althea Kroger is survived by her husband, Joseph; | 15 | | her son, Andrew (Carolina); her granddaughters, Gabrielle and | 16 | | Rachel; and her siblings, Vivian (Paul) Kolpak and her | 17 | | children, Todd Alexis, and Vanessa; Andrew (Amy) Przybylo and | 18 | | his children, Adam and Kiki; Alice (Tony) Pawlicki and her | 19 | | children, Allison, Angie, and Stacie; Vicki (Bill) Pindras and | 20 | | her children, Andrea, David, Laura, Eric, and Emilie; and Ted | 21 | | (Alicja) and his children, Michelle, Alex, and Jack; she also | 22 | | had 14 first cousins; therefore, be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 2 | | her family and friends, the passing of Althea Przybylo Kroger; | 3 | | and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Althea Kroger as an expression of | 6 | | our sympathy.
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