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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Gertrude B. "Trudy" Maloof of Peoria, Illinois, who passed
5 away on March 29, 2001; and
6 WHEREAS, Gertrude Maloof was born in Pekin, Illinois on
7 April 23, 1923; her parents were Eli and Marie Schreck
8 Burson; on June 28, 1941 she married James A. Maloof in
9 Peoria, Illinois; and
10 WHEREAS, Mrs. Maloof was active with St. Jude's
11 Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee since
12 October of 1957; she worked alongside the late actor Danny
13 Thomas, founder of the hospital to raise millions of dollars
14 for the hospital; in 1972 she helped start the St. Jude
15 Midwest Affiliate at Methodist Medical Center; she was also a
16 founding member of the Ladies of St. Jude; and
17 WHEREAS, Gertrude Maloof was a member of the Catholic
18 Women's League, Catholic Social Services, St. Mark's Catholic
19 School P.T.A., the St. Jude Telethon Committee, the American
20 Syrian Lebanon Society, the Peoria Nine-hole Women's Golf
21 League, and the Mount Hawley Country Club Nine-hole Women's
22 Golf League; and
23 WHEREAS, Gertrude Maloof was a member of St. Vincent de
24 Paul Catholic Church; and
25 WHEREAS, The passing of Gertrude "Trudy" Maloof will be
26 deeply felt by all who knew and loved her, especially her
27 husband, James; her sons, J. Michael (wife, Marianne) and
28 Nicholas (wife, Alga); her daughter, Janice Marie; her ten
29 grandchildren; her great-grandson; her sisters, Lillian
30 Tassart and Betty Bradley; her brother, Jerry Burson; and her
31 many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 her family and friends, the passing of Gertrude "Trudy"
4 Maloof of Peoria, Illinois; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Gertrude Maloof.