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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Victoria Grom of the Gurnee and Waukegan
4 area, who passed away on December 25, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on September 7, 1918 in Slovenia and
6 came to the United States at the age of 7; and
 
7     WHEREAS, She was employed as a cook at Mathon's Restaurant
8 in Waukegan for many years and at several other restaurants in
9 the area; and
 
10     WHEREAS, She was a member of the Waukegan Park Place Senior
11 Center and she enjoyed flowers and gardening; and
 
12     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank
13 Grom; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Victoria Grom is survived by her sons, John Grom
15 and Bill (Cheryl) Grom; her daughter, Marie (Richard) Dohnke;
16 her daughter-in-law, Sharon Vogt; her nine grandchildren,
17 John, Robin, Tracee, Michelle, Sandi, Sindi, Bill, Wes, and
18 Shannon; her 6 great-grandchildren, Ben, Jamie, Hannah,
19 Brandon, Brittany, and Montana; her brother, Alex (Lois) Von
20 Neumann; her friend, Rose; her friend Verne; as well as her

 

 

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1 many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
4 her family and friends, the passing of Victoria Grom; and be it
5 further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Victoria Grom as a symbol of our
8 sincere sympathy.