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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Marcella H. "Shippy" Filotto, who passed
4away on November 21, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Marcella Filotto was born in Lockport Township;
6her parents were William and Clara (nee Wilhelmi) Coyne; she
7married Francis Filotto on October 14, 1950 at St. Mary
8Immaculate Catholic Church in Plainfield; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Marcella Filotto attended Wilson School and
10graduated from Lockport Township High School with the Class of
111947; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Marcella Filotto was a former member of the
13Mother's Club at St. Andrew the Apostle School in Romeoville,
14St. Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, and the Will County Farm
15Bureau; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Marcella Filotto enjoyed reading, playing bingo,
17and crossword puzzles; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Marcella Filotto was preceded in death by her
19parents; her loving husband of 27 years, Francis Filotto; her
20siblings, William (Eleanor) Coyne, Francis "Bud" (Shirley)

 

 

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1Coyne, Mary (Frank) Kiernan, Evelyn (Carl) Hendrickson, Bob
2(Lorene) Coyne, and Pat (Nancy) Coyne; and her best friend, Mae
3Welsh; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Marcella Filotto is survived by her children,
5Robert (Deborah) Filotto, Mary Kathleen (Richard) Hall, Peggie
6Ann (Jeffrey) Conrad, and Jim (Penny) Filotto; her
7grandchildren, Megan (Matt) Bramson, Reid Filotto, Elizabeth
8(Tim) Slowinski, Stephanie (Zach) Wyman, Carolyn Hall, Kelly
9Conrad (fiance, Scott Elam), Staci (Doug) Marcis, Jaclyn Conrad
10(fiance, Nicholas Pullara), and Kevin, Jennifer, and Jake
11Filotto; her great-grandchildren, Annabelle and William
12Slowinski and Benjamin Bramson; her close cousin, Shirley
13Hamrick; her dear friends, Margie Howell and Jane McClintock;
14and her many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
16ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her
17family and friends, mourn the passing of Marcella H. "Shippy"
18Filotto; and be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to the family of Marcella Filotto as an expression of
21our sympathy.