Bill Text: IL SR0263 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Edward Frank Lewakowski of McHenry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR0263 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0263-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 Edward Frank Lewakowski of McHenry, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on January 16, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Edward Lewakowski was born on December 21, 1932 in | ||||||
| 6 | Chicago; his parents were John Z. and Irene (nee Lasecki) | ||||||
| 7 | Lewakowski; he married Georgette N. (nee Grasser) Calcese on | ||||||
| 8 | December 31, 1977 in Las Vegas, Nevada; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Edward Lewakowski was raised in Chicago and was a | ||||||
| 10 | summer resident of McHenry for many years; he became a | ||||||
| 11 | year-round resident of McHenry in the 1970s; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Edward Lewakowski served his country as a member | ||||||
| 13 | of the United States Army during the Korean War; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Edward Lewakowski enjoyed a long career as an | ||||||
| 15 | officer with the Berwyn Police Department; after leaving the | ||||||
| 16 | department, he began Lew's Trucking in Berwyn in the early | ||||||
| 17 | 1970s; he owned the company until selling it in 1977; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Edward Lewakowski enjoyed boating, golfing, and | ||||||
| 19 | flying his private plane, a Cessna 172, out of the Westosha | ||||||
| 20 | Airport; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Edward Lewakowski was a member of Moose Lodge 691, | ||||||
| 2 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600, the McHenry Lions Club, | ||||||
| 3 | American Legion Post 491, and Polish Legion of American | ||||||
| 4 | Veterans Post 188; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Edward Lewakowski was preceded in death by a son, | ||||||
| 6 | Anthony Calcese, and a grandson, Joseph; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Edward Lewakowski is survived by his wife of 37 | ||||||
| 8 | years, Georgette; 3 children, Edward Lewakowski, Joseph | ||||||
| 9 | (Cheryl) Calcese, and Candace (Brian) Opon; and a | ||||||
| 10 | granddaughter, Cristy Calcese; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 13 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Edward Frank | ||||||
| 14 | Lewakowski; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Edward Lewakowski as an expression | ||||||
| 17 | of our sympathy.
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