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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Robert B. Faje of Downers Grove, who 
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passed away on August 16, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a veteran of the United States Army; and
 
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    WHEREAS, He was the manager of the Glenside Lady Vipers in 
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Glendale Heights and had coached girls softball for over 26 
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years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He began coaching softball after his daughter, 
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Tracey, began playing for the summer league team, the DOLLS; he 
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coached in the DOLLS   organization for fifteen years, compiling 
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a record of 510 wins and 132 losses, including the years 1995, 
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1996, and 1997, when his teams advanced to the National 
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Softball Association World Series; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1997 he began his own traveling softball 
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program, the DuPage Power; in his final season his team posted 
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a record of 56 wins and 22 losses and won four tournament 
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titles; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his brother, Jack; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Robert Faje is survived by his wife Donna (nee 
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McKenzie); his daughters, Lisa (Doug) Spangenberg and Tracey 
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(Kevin) Rose; his grandchildren, Jennifer, Tiffany, Chantelle, 
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and Devin; and his mother-in-law, Lillian McKenzie; therefore, 
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be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family, friends, and players, the passing of Robert Faje; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Robert B. Faje as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.