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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Bernard |
| 4 | | Paul "Bernie" Floriani Jr. of Gurnee, who passed away on July |
| 5 | | 30, 2020; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Floriani was born in Greensburg to |
| 7 | | Catherine (McCauley) and Dr. Bernard Paul Floriani; he |
| 8 | | graduated from Dover High School in Delaware in 1987 and |
| 9 | | received his bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia |
| 10 | | in 1991, where he was a member of the golf and basketball |
| 11 | | teams; he married Christy Oehlstrom on July 3, 1993; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Floriani worked for State Farm and became |
| 13 | | an agent in Gurnee in 1997; he was past president of the Lake |
| 14 | | County Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and |
| 15 | | Financial Advisors; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Floriani was a member of the Rotary Club |
| 17 | | and was chairman of the 3 on 3 basketball tournament for Gurnee |
| 18 | | Days; he was a former board member of Gurnee Community Church |
| 19 | | and a founding board member of Bernie's Book Bank; he was |
| 20 | | involved in coaching numerous youth athletic programs and |
| 21 | | started the youth basketball team known as the Gurnee |
| 22 | | Lightning; he was a volunteer coach for the Warren Township |
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| 1 | | High School varsity basketball program; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Floriani was preceded in death by his |
| 3 | | father, Paul Floriani; his paternal grandparents, Peter and |
| 4 | | Veronica Floriani; and his maternal grandparents, Bill and Kit |
| 5 | | McCauley; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Floriani is survived by his wife, Christy; |
| 7 | | his mother, Catherine Floriani; his children, Kayla and Maxwell |
| 8 | | Floriani; his brother, Brian Floriani (Suzanne Brown); his |
| 9 | | sister, Lindsey (Pete) Floriani Arterburn; his nieces and |
| 10 | | nephews, Zoe and Ziggy Floriani and Grant and Claire Arterburn; |
| 11 | | his mother-in-law, Sue Oehlstrom; his sister-in-law, Stacy |
| 12 | | (Forrest) Oehlstrom Behles; his niece and nephew, Mallory and |
| 13 | | Jack Behles; and numerous other family members; therefore, be |
| 14 | | it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 16 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 17 | | we mourn the passing of Bernard Paul "Bernie" Floriani Jr. and |
| 18 | | extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all |
| 19 | | who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Bernie Floriani as an expression of |
| 22 | | our deepest sympathy.
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