Bill Text: IL SR1531 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Amelia Saccaro.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1531 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1531-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, the members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Amelia Lenore Saccaro of Chicago Heights, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on June 17, 2019 at the age of 95; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Amelia Saccaro was born on November 8, 1923; from | ||||||
6 | a young age, she had to work in order to support her family | ||||||
7 | during the Great Depression; during World War II, she ran a | ||||||
8 | truck stop and worked as a cook, waitress, and dishwasher; | ||||||
9 | despite not attending high school due to work, she was able to | ||||||
10 | earn her G.E.D. after the war and soon earned as many college | ||||||
11 | credits as she could through the College Level Examination | ||||||
12 | Program; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Amelia Saccaro married her husband Quinn at the | ||||||
14 | age of 19; she worked three jobs in order to send her daughters | ||||||
15 | to private school in LaGrange; she instilled a reverence for | ||||||
16 | education in her daughters which paved the way for them to earn | ||||||
17 | multiple advanced degrees and careers in education; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Amelia Saccaro was vivacious and jovial; she often | ||||||
19 | discussed politics and religion with anyone she could and | ||||||
20 | enjoyed sending birthday greetings; she saw both Elvis and Neil | ||||||
21 | Diamond in concert and enjoyed listening to Waylon Jennings and | ||||||
22 | Johnny Cash; she also made an excellent lasagna; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Amelia Saccaro was preceded in death by her | ||||||
2 | husband and her siblings, Joseph, Anna, Josie, Stanley, Alice, | ||||||
3 | Helen, Bernice, Phillip, and Elizabeth; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Amelia Saccaro is survived by her daughters, Dr. | ||||||
5 | Lynne and Bonnie(Joe) Steltenkamp; her grandchildren, Mikkin | ||||||
6 | (Karl) Helvig and Nick Steltenkamp; her great-grandchildren, | ||||||
7 | Tobiah, Esther, Naomi, and Asa Helvig; her sister, Frances | ||||||
8 | Hoffman; her companion, Patton; her various nieces and nephews; | ||||||
9 | and her dogs and cats; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
12 | Amelia Lenore Saccaro and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
13 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
14 | further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of Amelia Saccaro as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our deepest sympathy.
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