Bill Text: IL HR0890 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Bernard Paul "Bernie" Floriani Jr. of Gurnee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0890 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0890-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 Bernard | ||||||
| 4 | Paul "Bernie" Floriani Jr. of Gurnee, who passed away on July | ||||||
| 5 | 30, 2020; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Bernie Floriani was born in Greensburg to | ||||||
| 7 | Catherine (McCauley) and Dr. Bernard Paul Floriani; he | ||||||
| 8 | graduated from Dover High School in Delaware in 1987 and | ||||||
| 9 | received his bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia | ||||||
| 10 | in 1991, where he was a member of the golf and basketball | ||||||
| 11 | teams; he married Christy Oehlstrom on July 3, 1993; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Bernie Floriani worked for State Farm and became | ||||||
| 13 | an agent in Gurnee in 1997; he was past president of the Lake | ||||||
| 14 | County Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and | ||||||
| 15 | Financial Advisors; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Bernie Floriani was a member of the Rotary Club | ||||||
| 17 | and was chairman of the 3 on 3 basketball tournament for Gurnee | ||||||
| 18 | Days; he was a former board member of Gurnee Community Church | ||||||
| 19 | and a founding board member of Bernie's Book Bank; he was | ||||||
| 20 | involved in coaching numerous youth athletic programs and | ||||||
| 21 | started the youth basketball team known as the Gurnee | ||||||
| 22 | Lightning; he was a volunteer coach for the Warren Township | ||||||
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| 1 | High School varsity basketball program; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Bernie Floriani was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 3 | father, Paul Floriani; his paternal grandparents, Peter and | ||||||
| 4 | Veronica Floriani; and his maternal grandparents, Bill and Kit | ||||||
| 5 | McCauley; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Bernie Floriani is survived by his wife, Christy; | ||||||
| 7 | his mother, Catherine Floriani; his children, Kayla and Maxwell | ||||||
| 8 | Floriani; his brother, Brian Floriani (Suzanne Brown); his | ||||||
| 9 | sister, Lindsey (Pete) Floriani Arterburn; his nieces and | ||||||
| 10 | nephews, Zoe and Ziggy Floriani and Grant and Claire Arterburn; | ||||||
| 11 | his mother-in-law, Sue Oehlstrom; his sister-in-law, Stacy | ||||||
| 12 | (Forrest) Oehlstrom Behles; his niece and nephew, Mallory and | ||||||
| 13 | Jack Behles; and numerous other family members; therefore, be | ||||||
| 14 | it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 16 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 17 | we mourn the passing of Bernard Paul "Bernie" Floriani Jr. and | ||||||
| 18 | extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all | ||||||
| 19 | who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Bernie Floriani as an expression of | ||||||
| 22 | our deepest sympathy.
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