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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Michaele "Mike" Wapole Skowron, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on April 7, 2022; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Michaele Skowron was born to Virginia (Krohn) and | ||||||
| 6 | Francis Wapole Sr. on October 12, 1942; she was raised in | ||||||
| 7 | Chicago and graduated from Alvernia High School and then | ||||||
| 8 | Loyola University Chicago in 1964; she lived in Mt. Prospect | ||||||
| 9 | for 47 years and spent her later years in Des Plaines; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Michaele Skowron retired from Motorola Solutions | ||||||
| 11 | after 20 years; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Michaele Skowron had a passion for service and | ||||||
| 13 | debate, which led to many terms of public service; she was an | ||||||
| 14 | elected member of the Mt. Prospect District 57 School Board, | ||||||
| 15 | an elected member of the Mt. Prospect Village Board, an | ||||||
| 16 | appointed member of the Mt. Prospect Zoning Board of Appeals, | ||||||
| 17 | an appointed commissioner of the Mt. Prospect Fire and Police | ||||||
| 18 | Board, a volunteer at the Mt. Prospect Public Library, a | ||||||
| 19 | volunteer at HandsOn Suburban Chicago, and president of two | ||||||
| 20 | homeowner associations; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Michaele Skowron was preceded in death by her | ||||||
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| 1 | parents and her godmother and aunt, Mary "Retz" Wapole; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Michaele Skowron is survived by her husband of 55 | ||||||
| 3 | years, Dr. Ernest L. Skowron D.D.S; her daughters, Jennifer | ||||||
| 4 | (Donald) Szczesniak and Andrea (Daniel) O'Brien; her | ||||||
| 5 | grandchildren, Zachary and Luke Szczesniak and Maura and | ||||||
| 6 | William O'Brien; her siblings, Sharon (Glen) Phillips, Francis | ||||||
| 7 | Wapole (Patricia Brizz), Roderick Wapole (Laura Kroll), Gayle | ||||||
| 8 | (Christopher) Banakis, Brian Wapole, and Claire Wapole (James | ||||||
| 9 | Conway); her sisters-in-law, Anita (the late Richard) | ||||||
| 10 | Baranczuk and Gwen (the late Edward) Rys; and numerous nieces, | ||||||
| 11 | nephews, and their children; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Michaele "Mike" Wapole Skowron and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 15 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 16 | her; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Michaele Skowron as an expression | ||||||
| 19 | of our deepest sympathy.
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