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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Jesus |
| 4 | | Baldemar "Jesse" Vazquez of Montgomery, who passed away on |
| 5 | | January 12, 2015; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Vazquez was born in Linares, Nuevo Leon, |
| 7 | | Mexico on November 28, 1963 and immigrated to the United States |
| 8 | | at the age of 10; he graduated from West Aurora High School and |
| 9 | | attended Waubonsee Community College; he served in the United |
| 10 | | States Marines and was discharged in 1988; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Vazquez was an account executive with the |
| 12 | | Konen Insurance Agency; he also worked in the Youth Activities |
| 13 | | office at City Hall in Aurora and directed Rep. George |
| 14 | | Sangmeister's district office in Aurora; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Vazquez represented the 8th District on the |
| 16 | | Kane County Board; he was first elected in 2008 and re-elected |
| 17 | | in 2012 and was a key Hispanic leader in the Aurora area; he |
| 18 | | served with the Montgomery Planning Commission for 18 years; |
| 19 | | with the Aurora Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; as |
| 20 | | Chairman of the Mental Health & Mental Retardation Board for 17 |
| 21 | | years; with the YMCA Board of Directors; with the Cities in |
| 22 | | Schools Board of Directors; as Vice-Chairman of the Aurora |
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| 1 | | Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Golf Committee; and as Chairman of |
| 2 | | the Illinois Hispanic Democratic Council; he also served with |
| 3 | | El Centro Pan Americano, the East Aurora Redevelopment Task |
| 4 | | Force, and the Fox Valley Freeway Advisory Committee; he was |
| 5 | | the driving force behind the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry on |
| 6 | | Highland Avenue and co-founder of Aurora Community Talks; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Vazquez enjoyed golf, cooking, yard games, |
| 8 | | and spending time with family; he was a member of AmVets 103 |
| 9 | | and the Fox Valley Marine Corps League; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Vazquez was preceded in death by his nephew, |
| 11 | | Augustin Torres; his maternal grandparents; and his
paternal |
| 12 | | grandparents; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Vazquez is survived by his wife, Maria M. |
| 14 | | (nee Aviles) Vazquez; his 3 children, Eric
B. (Danielle) |
| 15 | | Vazquez, Michael J. Vazquez, and Veronica Morgan Vazquez; his |
| 16 | | granddaughter, Rori A. Vazquez; his future grandson, Sebastian |
| 17 | | B. Vazquez; his parents,
Maria E. (nee Aguirre) and Jesus P. |
| 18 | | Vazquez; his brother, Ricardo Vazquez; his 3
sisters, Laura |
| 19 | | (David) Dhom, Gloria (Ray) Torres, and
Susana (Saul) Gutierrez; |
| 20 | | his parents-in-law, Socorro and Margarita
Aviles; his |
| 21 | | sister-in-law, Margarita E. (Peter) Cozzoni; his |
| 22 | | brother-in-law,
Carlos (Adella) Aviles; his sister-in-law, |
| 23 | | Lucia (Stephen) Butler; and his 21 nieces and nephews, Vanessa, |
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| 1 | | Monica, Isabella, Mark, Alex, Ethan,
Giselle, Esteban, |
| 2 | | Madalyn, Andrea, Celeste, Olivia, Sofia, Celeste, Dante, |
| 3 | | Devon, Lucas,
Stephanie, Steven, Victoria, and Maya; |
| 4 | | therefore, be it
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| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 6 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 7 | | mourn the passing of Jesus Baldemar "Jesse" Vazquez, and extend |
| 8 | | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who |
| 9 | | knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 11 | | presented to the family of Jesse Vazquez as an expression of |
| 12 | | our deepest sympathy.
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