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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Rebecca "Chudy" Niemietz of Libertyville,
4 who passed away on October 25, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born in the family home in North Chicago
6 on September 5, 1939; she attended Holy Family School and
7 graduated from North Chicago High School; and
 
8     WHEREAS, She belonged to the First Catholic Slovak Ladies
9 Association; she later joined the Gurnee Community Church; she
10 married Ronald Niemietz on May 5, 1959 and they raised four
11 children; she worked as an assembler for Trim Inc.,
12 Libertyville, for 10 years and at the Blue Smock as a volunteer
13 until they closed; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Rebecca and her husband Ron traveled around the
15 country; they enjoyed spending time at their cabin in
16 Wisconsin, where they entertained family and friends; they
17 cooked out in the summer and went snowmobiling in the winter;
18 they belonged to the International Ford Retractable Club and
19 went to car shows in their 1958 Ford Retractable; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Rebecca loved to sew and do crafts, but her
21 greatest passion was for gardening; she loved flowers;

 

 

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1 Thursdays were special days for Rebecca when she would meet her
2 sister at a local mall for lunch and shopping; and
 
3     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; two
4 brothers; and one sister; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She will be deeply missed by her grandchildren,
6 Melissa, Amanda, Genoa, Ethan, Elstan, Jeremiah, and Joshua;
7 and by her great-grandson, Peyton; her husband, Ronald; her
8 daughters, Juliann (Richard) Cole and Christine (Clarence)
9 Axelson; her sons, Ronald (Laura) Niemietz and Andrew Niemietz;
10 and her sister, Elizabeth Aiken; therefore, be it
 
11     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
12 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
13 her family and friends, the passing of Rebecca Niemietz; and be
14 it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to the family of Rebecca Niemietz as a symbol of our
17 sincere sympathy.