Bill Text: IL SR0035 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Virginia M. Tapella.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR0035 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0035-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Virginia M. Tapella, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | December 26, 2014; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Virginia Tapella was born on July 18, 1920 in | ||||||
| 6 | Joliet and was a life-long resident of Joliet; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Virginia Tapella and her husband, George T. | ||||||
| 8 | Tapella, founded the Tapella Funeral Home in 1948; she worked | ||||||
| 9 | tirelessly assisting with the funeral home operations for over | ||||||
| 10 | 50 years; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Virginia Tapella was an active member of the | ||||||
| 12 | Church of St. Anthony, serving as a Lector and Eucharist | ||||||
| 13 | Minister for many years; she was a member of the Council of | ||||||
| 14 | Catholic Women of the Church of St. Anthony and also was named | ||||||
| 15 | Woman of the Year for the parish; she was also a proud lifetime | ||||||
| 16 | member and a past president of the Ladies Auxiliary of Stone | ||||||
| 17 | City Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2199; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Virginia Tapella was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 19 | husband, George; her parents, Peter J. and Mary V. (nee | ||||||
| 20 | Menietti) Faletti; and her dearest sister and best friend, Mary | ||||||
| 21 | Eileen DeChecko; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Virginia Tapella was the proud mother of 3 sons, | ||||||
| 2 | Thomas G. (Faith) Tapella, Richard J. (Lynn) Tapella, and Rev. | ||||||
| 3 | Joseph J. Tapella; the loving grandmother of Thomas A. (Nancy) | ||||||
| 4 | Tapella and Bryan J. (Theresa) Tapella; the fond | ||||||
| 5 | great-grandmother of Nathan, Jake, and Arya Tapella and Joseph | ||||||
| 6 | Crosetto; she is also survived by a brother-in-law, John Joseph | ||||||
| 7 | (the late Mary Eileen) DeChecko and many nieces and cousins; | ||||||
| 8 | therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
| 11 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Virginia M. Tapella; | ||||||
| 12 | and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of Virginia Tapella as an expression of | ||||||
| 15 | our sympathy.
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