Full Text of SR0408 97th 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 Margaret Pauline "Marge" Gregorin, | 4 | | formerly of Beach Park and North Chicago, who passed away on | 5 | | August 11, 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Gregorin was born on May 10, 1921, in | 7 | | North Chicago; her parents were Ignatz and Josephine (Krasovec) | 8 | | Gerze; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Gregorin was a longtime member of Mother | 10 | | of God Catholic Church, and later St. Dismas Catholic Church; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Gregorin was formally educated to the age | 13 | | of 16; as a teenager, she worked as a housekeeper in homes on | 14 | | the North Shore; as a young woman, she operated machines at the | 15 | | National Envelope Factory in North Chicago until May 18, 1946, | 16 | | when she married her husband of 51 years, Stanley Gregorin; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Gregorin was an avid golfer and played on | 18 | | women's softball teams during World War II; as a lifelong | 19 | | member of the Slovene National Benefit Society, she played on | 20 | | championship balina teams, and participated in several local | 21 | | and national championship bowling leagues in Waukegan and |
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| 1 | | across the Midwest; she also loved playing cards with her lady | 2 | | friends; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Gregorin was a skilled seamstress and | 4 | | knitter, creating baby clothes that are worn today by her | 5 | | great-granddaughter; she also shined in the kitchen and was | 6 | | known for her excellent potica and blueberry cream pie; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Gregorin was preceded in death by her | 8 | | husband; their infant son, Thomas Gregorin; her parents; her | 9 | | siblings, Mary Gerzel, Josephine (Stanley) Schuster, Thomas | 10 | | (Betty) Gerzel, John (Dolly) Gerzel, Ignace (Frances) Gerzel, | 11 | | Frances (Leon) Pryblyski, Jena (Anthony) Bukantis, and | 12 | | Gertrude (Albert) Kobel; and her nephews, Maureen Cartwright, | 13 | | Richard Gerzel, and Michael Bukantis; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Gregorin is survived by her children, | 15 | | Linda (Keith) Clifford, Thomas S. (Marilyn) Gregorin, and Terry | 16 | | Gregorin; her grandchildren, Meghan Clifford, Colleen | 17 | | Clifford, Carli Gregorin, Eric Gregorin, Brad Gregorin, Aimee | 18 | | Gregorin, and Brian Gregorin; her great-granddaughter, Isla | 19 | | Apollonia Davidson; her sister, Elizabeth (Anton) Keber; her | 20 | | sister-in-law, Millie (Raymond) Kaczmaryn; and her many nieces | 21 | | and nephews; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 2 | | her family and friends, the passing of Margaret Pauline "Marge" | 3 | | Gregorin; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Margaret Gregorin as an expression | 6 | | of our sympathy.
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