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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 Rose A. Jurkovac, who passed away on |
| 4 | | August 20, 2017, at the age of 104; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rose Jurkovac was born in Waukegan to Jacob and |
| 6 | | Mary
Smole on September 2, 1912; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Rose Jurkovac was employed by the US Envelope |
| 8 | | Company for 32 years until her retirement in 1976; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rose Jurkovac was a former member of Mother of God |
| 10 | | Church and Queen of Peace Church; she was active in numerous |
| 11 | | organizations: St. Anne's and St. Joseph KSKJ Lodges, the |
| 12 | | Croatian Fraternal Union of America Lodge 75, the Steel Workers |
| 13 | | Retirees Club, The Pensioners Club of Slovenska Pristava, |
| 14 | | Waukegan/North Chicago Senior Citizens, the Catholic Women's |
| 15 | | Club, the St. Therese Auxiliary, and the AARP Lake County |
| 16 | | Chapter 150; she volunteered for many years with the |
| 17 | | American-Croatian Waukegan Tamburitzans, working as the |
| 18 | | cashier for their Friday night fish fry; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Rose Jurkovac cherished her family and friends and |
| 20 | | had an
overwhelming love for animals; a stray dog or cat always |
| 21 | | found a loving home with her; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rose Jurkovac was preceded in death by her |
| 2 | | husband, Emil; her parents; her brothers and sisters, Mary, |
| 3 | | John, Sophie, and Frank; and an extended family
granddaughter, |
| 4 | | Julie Cobb; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rose Jurkovac is survived by her children, Robert |
| 6 | | Jurkovac, Richard (Pam)
Jurkovac, and Carol (Jim) McDonough; |
| 7 | | her grandchildren, Chip (Peggy) Jurkovac, Cindy
(John) |
| 8 | | Zucarro, Ronnie (Lisa) Martin, Ryan McDonough, Kyle (Layla) |
| 9 | | McDonough, Nikki
(Carmen) Richard, Sandy and Lisa Jurkovac, and |
| 10 | | Chelsey (Carlos) Perez; her extended family
grandchildren, |
| 11 | | Jill (Pete) Hernandez, Jim (Kim) McDonough, Steve McDonough,
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| 12 | | Elizabeth Nevill, Anne (Larry) McNally, and Amy McDonough; 32
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| 13 | | great-grandchildren and extended family great-grandchildren; |
| 14 | | and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 17 | | Rose A. Jurkovac, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 19 | | further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Rose Jurkovac as an expression of |
| 22 | | our deepest sympathy.
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