Bill Text: IL HR0910 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Edmund J. Gronkiewicz of Chicago and Berwyn.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0910 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0910-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 Edmund J. | ||||||
4 | Gronkiewicz of Chicago and Berwyn, who passed away on September | ||||||
5 | 2, 2020; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was born in Chicago to Edmund | ||||||
7 | Gronkiewicz and Mary Balonek Gronkiewicz on February 4, 1939; | ||||||
8 | he was raised on the Southwest Side of Chicago; he attended St. | ||||||
9 | Casimir Grammar School and Quigley Seminary; he earned his | ||||||
10 | bachelor's, master's, and juris doctor degrees from Loyola | ||||||
11 | University Chicago; he was a polyglot and was fluent in Latin, | ||||||
12 | Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, French, Russian, and Polish; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was a probate and estate | ||||||
14 | planning lawyer for 55 years; he was a former partner at the | ||||||
15 | law firms Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP and Reda, Ciprian, | ||||||
16 | Magnone, LLC; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz served as a deacon at Our Lady | ||||||
18 | of Mount Carmel Church located in the East Lakeview area of | ||||||
19 | Chicago for 20 years; he was in a number of religious | ||||||
20 | organizations, including the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | ||||||
21 | Federal Association, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher | ||||||
22 | of Jerusalem, the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, and the |
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1 | Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George; he was a | ||||||
2 | life member of The Polish Museum of America (PMA), where he | ||||||
3 | served as past legal counsel; he was a 49-year member of the | ||||||
4 | Chicago Society of the Polish National Alliance; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was preceded in death by his | ||||||
6 | parents; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Edmund Gronkiewicz was the dear friend of Joan | ||||||
8 | Trandel; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
10 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
11 | we mourn the passing of Edmund J. Gronkiewicz and extend our | ||||||
12 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
13 | and loved him; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of Edmund Gronkiewicz as an expression | ||||||
16 | of our deepest sympathy.
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