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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Ronald E. Ghidina of Peoria, who passed
4 away on July 29, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Ronald E. Ghidina was born on February 16, 1937,
6 in Pekin; his parents were Gene and Eileen Andersen Ghidina; he
7 married Mary Ellen King on December 13, 1956, in Kahoka,
8 Missouri; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Ronald E. Ghidina will be remembered for his
10 golfing career, most notably his 1973 Illinois State Amateur
11 Championship, seven Peoria Men's City golf championships, and
12 two Peoria Senior Men's City golf championships; he was
13 inducted into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2000;
14 and
 
15     WHEREAS, Ronald E. Ghidina was actively involved with the
16 Peoria Cursillo movement, TEC, and prison ministry for over 20
17 years; and he was active in many other charity events; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Ronald E. Ghidina was preceded in death by his
19 parents and his sister-in-law, Joann Goelzer; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Ronald E. Ghidina is survived by his wife, Mary

 

 

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1 Ellen; his children, Mike (Nancy) Ghidina, Marcia Ghidina, and
2 Doug Ghidina; his granddaughters, Sarah and Ellen Ghidina; his
3 aunts, Alice (Ernie) Svendsen and Mardell Lenox; his
4 brother-in-law, Dick Goelzer; his nephew, Tom Goelzer; and his
5 niece, Kathryn Goelzer; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8 his family and friends, the passing of Ronald E. Ghidina; and
9 be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Ronald E. Ghidina as an expression
12 of our sympathy.