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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with regret of the death of Gerald Sodaro of Mount
4 Prospect on June 3, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago on May 4, 1936; he
6 graduated from Chicago schools and served honorably as a
7 Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps; and
 
8     WHEREAS, His career in corporate management included
9 positions as Director of Sales, Marketing, Exports, and
10 Advertising; after early retirement in 1992, he devoted his
11 remaining years to unpaid volunteer work with various
12 non-profit organizations, primarily writing about and
13 advocating for a variety of causes; among the issues he
14 supported were U.S. sovereignty, immigration reform, smaller
15 government, fiscal conservatism, lower taxes, capital
16 punishment, and increasing medical research funding for
17 prostate cancer; and
 
18     WHEREAS, In 1999, he wrote the legislation to allow a tax
19 check-off donation on the State income tax form for prostate
20 cancer research; he lobbied successfully for passage of the
21 bill, which raised over $600,000 for research; and
 
22     WHEREAS, The passing of Gerald Sodaro has been deeply felt
23 by many, especially his wife, Doris; his mother, Betty Sodaro;
24 and his sister, Pat (Norman) Goone; he was blessed with many
25 supportive friends; therefore, be it
 
26     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
27 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
28 Gerald Sodaro, and we extend our sincere condolences to his
29 family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
30 further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
3 sympathy.