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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
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3 | learn of the death of Adele Zaveduk of Northbrook, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on January 23, 2020; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Adele Zaveduk was born in Paris, France in August | ||||||
6 | of 1937; during World Ward II, her father was arrested and sent | ||||||
7 | to Auschwitz; her mother found a non-Jewish family in a town | ||||||
8 | outside of Paris to care for her and her sister Josette before | ||||||
9 | she was taken to Auschwitz as well; her parents survived | ||||||
10 | Auschwitz, and the family was reunited in Paris after the war; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, Adele Zaveduk then moved to Argentina with her | ||||||
13 | mother after her father's death in 1951; she met and married | ||||||
14 | her husband, Benjamin Zaveduk, and they moved to the Chicago | ||||||
15 | area in 1963; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Adele Zaveduk was involved in the establishment of | ||||||
17 | the Illinois Holocaust Museum and served as a board member and | ||||||
18 | member of the Speakers' Bureau for over 25 years; her life | ||||||
19 | story was published in several books, and she spoke to | ||||||
20 | thousands of school children over the years about what she | ||||||
21 | endured; although she did not define herself by her wartime | ||||||
22 | experiences, she felt sharing her story could help in the fight |
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1 | against hate and intolerance; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Adele Zaveduk was a strong life force packaged in | ||||||
3 | a tiny body; she played tennis and loved theater, opera, the | ||||||
4 | symphony, and watching foreign-language mysteries on TV; she | ||||||
5 | always read the last page of a book first and never let anyone | ||||||
6 | feel left out of a conversation; she made a mean brisket, and | ||||||
7 | her flan and chocolate mousse were the highlights of many | ||||||
8 | meals; she also knitted scraps of yarn into beautiful blankets | ||||||
9 | for hospitalized children; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Adele Zaveduk is survived by her husband, Benjamin | ||||||
11 | Zaveduk; her sons, Victor (Barb) and Mitchell (Abra) Zaveduk; | ||||||
12 | her grandchildren, Kaylee and Maya Zaveduk; her brother, Henri | ||||||
13 | (Barbara) Zaveduk; her sisters, Josette Laznowski (Jaime | ||||||
14 | Graievsky) and Sylvia Frydman (Daniel Gabe); her numerous | ||||||
15 | nieces, and nephews, and their families; and an extended family | ||||||
16 | of dear friends; therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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19 | Adele Zaveduk and extend our sincere
condolences to her family, | ||||||
20 | friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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22 | presented to the family of Adele Zaveduk an expression of
our |
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1 | deepest sympathy.
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