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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Demetrios Zemenides of Chicago, who
4passed away on August 6, 2020; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Demetrios Zemenides was born in 1942 in Cyprus,
6which was then a British colony; and
 
7    WHEREAS, At age 14, Demetrios Zemenides served in the
8freedom fighting group, EOKA; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Demetrios Zemenides moved to the United States in
101967; he studied architecture and married his wife, Irene; they
11temporarily moved to Cyprus before returning to the United
12States after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Demetrios Zemenides got involved in the Greek
14American community in Chicago; he served as president of the
15Illinois Cypriot Brotherhood and was actively engaged in the
16parish council of Holy Taxiarchai and St. Haralambos Church in
17Niles; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The family of Demetrios Zemenides remembers him as
19a devoted husband, a loving father, and a wonderful role model;
20and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Demetrios Zemenides was a proud public servant and
2worked for decades as an architect for the City of Chicago; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Demetrios Zemenides devoted much of his life to
4charity and civic participation, habits that he passed along to
5his children; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
8Demetrios Zemenides and extend our sincere condolences to his
9family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
10further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to the family of Demetrios Zemenides as an expression
13of our deepest sympathy.