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92_HR1111 LB9218224HShs 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 3 Representatives wish to express our sincere condolences to 4 the family and friends of John Ziemkowski, who passed away on 5 July 19, 2002; and 6 WHEREAS, John "Jack" Ziemkowski was a retired Cook County 7 Sheriff's police officer with thirty years of service; and 8 WHEREAS, Mr. Ziemkowski was born on October 20, 1940 in 9 Chicago to John H. and Helene Ziemkowski; he married JoAnn 10 Piwkiewicz on September 14, 1963 in Chicago; and 11 WHEREAS, Mr. Ziemkowski graduated from Gordon Tech High 12 School in 1958; following graduation, he attended Chicago 13 Barber School; and 14 WHEREAS, Mr. Ziemkowski joined the Cook County Sheriff's 15 Police Department under Sheriff Richard Ogilvie on June 6, 16 1966; and 17 WHEREAS, Mr. Ziemkowski served with great distinction for 18 thirty years under five sheriffs of Cook County, the 19 Honorable Richard Ogilvie, the Honorable Joseph Woods, the 20 Honorable Richard Elrod, the Honorable James O'Grady, and the 21 Honorable Michael Sheahan; and 22 WHEREAS, In 2001, Jack and JoAnn Ziemkowski were honored 23 for 38 years of marriage; and 24 WHEREAS, Mr. Ziemkowski was an avid outdoorsman and his 25 hobbies included power walking, fishing, and golf; he was a 26 Eucharistic minister and member of St. Jude the Apostle 27 Catholic Church in Dolton; and 28 WHEREAS, The passing of John "Jack" Ziemkowski will be 29 deeply felt by all who know and loved him, especially his 30 wife JoAnn; his sons Mark (wife, Valerie) and Kevin (wife, -2- LRB9218224HShs 1 Colleen); his daughter, Paula (husband, Zeek) Dominguez; his 2 mother, Helene; his mother-in-law, Adeline; his aunt, Martha 3 Penn; his uncles, the Most Reverend Thad Jakubowski and 4 Edward Jakubowski; and his grandchildren John, Ann, Lisa, 5 Gisele, Nicholas, and Zoe; therefore, be it 6 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 7 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 8 we mourn, along with all who knew him, the death of John 9 "Jack" Ziemkowski of South Holland; and be it further 10 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 11 presented to the family of John "Jack" Ziemkowski with our 12 sincere condolences.