SR2193 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Louis Turilli of East Moline, who passed away on August 26, 2016; and

WHEREAS, Louis Turilli was born on July 3, 1915 in Chicago; his parents were Baccio and Eugenia Turilli; he married Osvalda "Ozzi" Carmignani on April 28, 1946 in Chicago; and

WHEREAS, During the years preceding World War II, Louis Turilli was employed by the Metropolitan State Bank in Chicago for seven years; he was inducted into the United States Army in September of 1942; after completing basic training, he was selected to attend Officers Candidate School at Field Artillery School in Fort Sill, Oklahoma; after graduating from Officers Candidate School, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Field Artillery and assigned to the 27th Division in the Hawaiian Islands; on June 1, 1944, the division left the Hawaiian Islands and joined a large convoy for the attack on the island of Saipan, where he served as an Artillery Forward Observer on Saipan and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal; he spent the winter of 1944-1945 on the New Hebrides Islands to regroup and prepare for the next mission on Okinawa; on Okinawa, he was the Battery Executive Officer in charge of the battery's 105mm howitzers; after the end of the war, he was promoted to Battery Commander of "A" Battery and flown into Japan with elements of the 27th Division to ensure the safety of the formal Army of Occupation that had already landed in Japan; he left Japan on December 1, 1945 and arrived home in Chicago on December 27; he received his honorable discharge from the Army on March 31, 1946; and

WHEREAS, After the war, Louis Turilli owned and operated the family restaurant in Chicago for seven years; in February of 1952, he entered the civil service as a civilian employee of the United States Department of the Army, where he worked for the Chicago Ordinance District, the Army Procurement and Supply Agency in Joliet, AMCCOM, and the Rock Island Arsenal until he retired in September of 1976 as a Contracting Officer; he went on to work as a self-employed Marketing Consultant to private Department of Defense contractors until his retirement in September of 1995; and

WHEREAS, Louis Turilli was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church in Moline, the Rock Island Arsenal Historical Society, AARP, the 27th Infantry Association, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, the World War II Memorial Society, the Colonel Davenport Historical Foundation, the National Museum of the U.S. Army, and the American Legion; and

WHEREAS, Louis Turilli was an avid Chicago White Sox fan and enjoyed following all sports with his sons; and

WHEREAS, Louis Turilli was preceded in death by his wife, Osvalda; his parents; his brothers, Dewey and William; and his sisters, Lillian Fundahn and Lyda Deacetis; and

WHEREAS, Louis Turilli is survived by his sons, Louis (Carole Bryan) Turilli, Larry (Laurie) Turilli, and James (Rodger Van Hyfte) Turilli; his grandchildren, Jaime (Randall) Turilli Bill, Stacey (Jeffery) Runde, Matthew Turilli, Victoria Bryan O'Neal, John (Katie) Bryan, and James (Stephanie) Bryan; and his great-grandchildren, Holden and Hadley Bill, Weston Runde, Katherine and Elliot O'Neal, Jackson Bryan, Phoebe Bryan, and Louie's Angel; therefore, be it

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

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Louis Turilli as an expression of our sympathy.