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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 Sam Filippo of Waukegan on |
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| Tuesday, November 22, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on September 7, 1923, in Chicago; he |
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| graduated from Fenger High School, class of 1940, and was a |
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| member of the 1939 Chicago City Champion Football Team; he |
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| received his B.A. and M.A. in English from DePaul University; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He married Adeline (nee Rizzolo) on October 8, |
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| 1944; he played professional baseball with the Cleveland |
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| Indians and football; he enlisted in the United States Army |
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| after Pearl Harbor and was assigned to the anti-aircraft |
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| artillery; he served in combat at Dutch Harbor, Aleutian |
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| Islands, during the only enemy ground assault on U.S. soil and |
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| served in combat in Europe during 1944-1945; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a scholar, athlete, devoted husband and |
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| father, and a public servant; he was an English teacher and |
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| Assistant Principal at Waukegan Township High School, |
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| beginning in 1952, and was Athletic Director and Assistant |
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| Principal at Deerfield-Highland Park School District until his |
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| retirement; he served the City of Waukegan for 24 years as City |
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| Treasurer and City Clerk; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Sam Filippo has been deeply felt by |
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| many, especially by his wife of 61 years, Adeline (nee |
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| Rizzolo); his children, Sam Filippo, Marie Ryan, Tina (Terry) |
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| O'Malie, and Anthony (Julie) Filippo; his grandchildren, Matt |
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| and Marissa Filippo, Nicole (Chad) Ryan-Brown, Jeremiah Ryan, |
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| Katherine, Tony, and Gina Filippo, and Hank and Sam O'Malie; |
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| and his sister, Rea Albarello; he was preceded in death by his |
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| parents, Antonio and Mary Filippo; therefore, be it
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