Bill Text: IL HR0159 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Christopher John Pluta of Summit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0159 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0159-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of | ||||||
4 | Christopher John Pluta of Summit, who passed away on January | ||||||
5 | 26, 2015; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Christopher Pluta was born in Justice to Edwin and | ||||||
7 | Helen Murphy Pluta; he graduated from Wilkins Junior High | ||||||
8 | School in Justice and Argo High School in Summit, where he was | ||||||
9 | an active member and former manager of the student-operated | ||||||
10 | WARG-FM radio station and a sound engineer for the theatre arts | ||||||
11 | program; in later years, he helped form the WARG Alumni | ||||||
12 | Association; he earned his bachelor's degree in education from | ||||||
13 | Governors State University and his master's degree in | ||||||
14 | counseling from the University of Illinois-Chicago; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Christopher Pluta taught English as a Second | ||||||
16 | Language at Argo Community High School; he also taught at | ||||||
17 | Proviso, Lyons Township, and Morton West high schools and at | ||||||
18 | the Emilio Zapata Academy in Chicago; over a 30-year career, he | ||||||
19 | mentored CEOs, business owners, artists, writers, principals, | ||||||
20 | and fellow teachers; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Christopher Pluta was a member of the District 217 | ||||||
22 | and the Summit Public Library governing boards; he was a former |
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1 | member of the Argo-Summit/Bedford Park Elementary District 104 | ||||||
2 | School Board, the National Hispanic Institute, and The | ||||||
3 | LeaderShop in La Grange; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Christopher Pluta was a life-long Chicago Cubs | ||||||
5 | fan; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Christopher Pluta was preceded in death by his | ||||||
7 | parents; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Christopher Pluta is survived by his brothers, Joe | ||||||
9 | (Wanda), Bill, and James; his nephew, Michael; many close | ||||||
10 | friends and cousins; his aunt and uncle; and a legion of | ||||||
11 | students who became friends as adults; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
13 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
14 | mourn the passing of Christopher John Pluta, and extend our | ||||||
15 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
16 | and loved him; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Christopher Pluta as an expression | ||||||
19 | of our deepest sympathy.
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