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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Antoinetta Frega of Riverside, who
4 recently passed away; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Antoinetta Frega was born in Saracena, Italy, a
6 small mountain village in southern Italy; she was educated
7 through high school, even though it was not common for women to
8 receive an education during that time period; and
 
9     WHEREAS, She saw her first airplane fly over her village in
10 1916 and told others about it; she was born before the
11 beginnings of communism and fascism and outlived both; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Antoinetta Frega came to the United States in
13 1934, crossing the Atlantic Ocean on the Italian oceanliner
14 Rex; she made her arrival in Chicago by train; and she learned
15 English and became an American citizen in 1943; and
 
16     WHEREAS, She was a member of several clubs at St. Mary;s
17 Church in Riverside; and she was a homemaker; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Antoinetta Frega was preceded in death by her
19 husband, Gennaro; she is survived by her son, John (Eileen);
20 her daughter, Carmelina (the late Guy); her four grandchildren;

 

 

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1 and her seven great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
4 her family and friends, the passing of Antoinetta Frega; and be
5 it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Antoinetta Frega as a symbol of our
8 sympathy.