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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Gerald Sodaro of Mount |
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| Prospect on June 3, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago on May 4, 1936; he |
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| graduated from Chicago schools and served honorably as a |
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| Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps; and
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| WHEREAS, His career in corporate management included |
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| positions as Director of Sales, Marketing, Exports, and |
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| Advertising; after early retirement in 1992, he devoted his |
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| remaining years to unpaid volunteer work with various |
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| non-profit organizations, primarily writing about and |
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| advocating for a variety of causes; among the issues he |
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| supported were U.S. sovereignty, immigration reform, smaller |
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| government, fiscal conservatism, lower taxes, capital |
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| punishment, and increasing medical research funding for |
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| prostate cancer; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1999, he wrote the legislation to allow a tax |
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| check-off donation on the State income tax form for prostate |
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| cancer research; he lobbied successfully for passage of the |
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| bill, which raised over $600,000 for research; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Gerald Sodaro has been deeply felt |
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| by many, especially his wife, Doris; his mother, Betty Sodaro; |
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| and his sister, Pat (Norman) Goone; he was blessed with many |
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| supportive friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Gerald Sodaro, and we extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| further
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