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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 Eugene "Gene" Brombolich |
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| Sr., the former mayor of Collinsville, on Sunday, March 19, |
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| 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on August 21, 1939, in East St. Louis |
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| to John and Sophia Mary, nee Kordela, Brombolich; he married |
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| Sheila Purlee on July 15, 1995; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Brombolich served three consecutive terms as |
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| mayor of Collinsville from 1979 to 1991; he also served as the |
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| city's finance commissioner in 1975 and 1976; under his |
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| leadership, the City Council approved the construction of the |
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| Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville's Eastport business |
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| district; he continued to be involved with the center by |
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| serving as vice chairman of the city convention Authority |
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| Board; and
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| WHEREAS, After retiring from Monsanto as a chemist, he |
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| worked as a real estate agent for Coldwell Banker; he served as |
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| a Democratic precinct committeeman and was a lifelong member |
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| and former president of the Collinsville Democratic Club; and
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| WHEREAS, As a member and former president of the |
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| Collinsville Jaycees, he was a co-founder of the Jaycee Raiders |
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| Football League; he also was a member of the Collinsville |
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| Animal Network, the Miners Foundation, and St. Peter and Paul |
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| Catholic Church in Collinsville; he was a former member of the |
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| Collinsville Historic Preservation Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Gene Brombolich has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially his wife, Sheila; his children, Eugene |
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| "Rusty" (Cheryl) Brombolich Jr., Kim (Dennis) Thebeau, Alison |
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| Romanik, and Rebecca Brombolich; his stepchildren, Shelly |