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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 Sam Zangori of Alton, who passed away on 
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August 17, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born January 10, 1923, in Wood River to 
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Michael and Maria (LaSita) Zangori; he married the former Sarah 
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R. Ventimiglia on September 8, 1946, at St. Bernard's Catholic 
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Church in Wood River; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He had been a salesman for Met Life Insurance, 
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retiring in 1985; and he had worked for the county clerk at the 
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Madison County Courthouse; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a charter member of Knights of Columbus of 
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Wood River, past Rotary Club of Roxana, Eagles of Alton, Roxana 
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School Board from 1968 to 1981, Met Life Veterans, American 
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Cancer Society Met Life Executive Board of New York, United 
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Way, and president of Senior Citizens of Wood River; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and his 
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two sisters, Antoinette Markovitch and Christine Malone; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Sam Zangori is survived by his wife, Sarah; his 
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two daughters, Mary Ann (Michael) Kelly and Josephine (Anthony) 
 


 






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Tardino; his son, Michael J. (Diane) Zangori; his 
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grandchildren, Christine (Rick) Elledge, Steven (Lori) Kelly, 
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Timothy (Amber) Tardino, Michael (Andrea) Zangori, Patrick 
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(Cassy) Kelly, Sam (Elizabeth) Zangori, and Michelle Tardino 
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and fiance, Chauncey Mayfield; his great-grandchildren, 
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Michael Elledge, Brandon Kelly, Jacquline Zangori, Sarah 
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Elledge, Abbigail Zangori, Zaccheri Zangori, Mallory Kelly, 
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Lukus Zangori, and Isabella Tardino; his two sisters, Josephine 
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Fredrickson and Rosemary Howard; and his brother, Ben Zangori; 
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therefore, be it

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

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