Full Text of SR0277 99th General Assembly
SR0277 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Anton Joseph "Papa Tony" Cerveny of | 4 | | Alamogordo, New Mexico, who passed away on July 22, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Anton Cerveny was born in Chicago on May 13, 1918; | 6 | | he served in the United States Navy during World War II, | 7 | | serving in the Pacific; he later attained his graduate degree | 8 | | from Northwestern University; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Anton Cerveny was a bassoonist for the Chicago | 10 | | Symphonic Orchestra, the Longines Symphony Orchestra, the | 11 | | Chicago Civic Opera Orchestra, Kryl's Symphony Orchestra, the | 12 | | Illinois Symphony, WGN Radio, Sonja Henie's Hollywood | 13 | | Orchestra, and several other stage show orchestras; he also | 14 | | taught at Wesleyan University; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Anton Cerveny was the director of Virginia area | 16 | | bands for 6 years and Harvard High School bands for 28 years, | 17 | | building the instrumental music department, culminating in | 18 | | multiple State sweepstakes winners and runners-up; in 1973, the | 19 | | band participated in an international competition in Vienna, | 20 | | Austria, earning top honors; he was one of the early founders | 21 | | and ongoing promoters of Harvard Milk Days and was its Grand | 22 | | Marshal in 2004; he was inducted into the National Bandmasters |
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| 1 | | Hall of Fame (Phi Beta Mu) in 1990; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Anton Cerveny was a member of the Loyal Order of | 3 | | Moose and the American Legion; in later years, he ran a small | 4 | | marketing specialties business called "Suz-A Pouch Company"; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Anton Cerveny was preceded in death by his wife of | 7 | | 57 years, Margaret; his son, Dan; and his brother, Louis; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Anton Cerveny was the proud father of 4 children, | 9 | | Dan, Tony (Pam), Maria Showalter, and Ron (Beth); the | 10 | | grandfather of 8; and the great-grandfather of many more; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Anton Joseph "Papa Tony" Cerveny, and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Anton Cerveny as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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