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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of John Sternisha, who passed away on June
4 12, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, John Sternisha was born in Joliet; he served his
6 country with bravery and distinction as a member of the United
7 States Marine Corps; and
 
8     WHEREAS, John Sternisha retired from of the Maywood Proviso
9 State Bank as the bank's Vice President and Trust Officer; and
 
10     WHEREAS, John Sternisha was a member of the Old Timer's
11 Baseball and coached for several years at Troy baseball fields;
12 he also enjoyed gardening; and
 
13     WHEREAS, John Sternisha was preceded in death by his
14 parents, Frank J. and Anna Fojut (nee Galajdik) Sternisha, and
15 his brothers, Joseph (Pearl) Fojut and Frank E. (Judith)
16 Sternisha; and
 
17     WHEREAS, John Sternisha is survived by his wife, Linda K.
18 (nee Powell); his children, Kelly, Erik, and Alan; his
19 granddaughter, Caitlin; his siblings, Alice (the late Joseph)
20 Valek, Ann (Robert) Mulvey, Theresa (the late Norm) Wittkofski,

 

 

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1 Michael (Marilyn), Joseph, George (Maryann), Walter
2 (Sherrill), and Pauline (Alan) Mihelich; and his numerous
3 nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
5 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
6 his family and friends, the passing of John Sternisha; and be
7 it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of John Sternisha as an expression of
10 our sympathy.