Bill Text: IL SR0426 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Martha Pish of Zion.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0426 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0426-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 Martha (nee Koziar) Pish of Zion, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on April 10, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Martha Pish was born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania on | ||||||
| 6 | September 1, 1916; she married Alex Pish in Pennsylvania and | ||||||
| 7 | they moved to North Chicago in 1941; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Martha Pish worked for Abbott Laboratories for 15 | ||||||
| 9 | years; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Martha Pish helped start a sewing club with many | ||||||
| 11 | of her friends that lasted for 50 years of which she was the | ||||||
| 12 | lone survivor; she kept everyone warm with her homemade knitted | ||||||
| 13 | slippers; she also was active with the senior citizens club in | ||||||
| 14 | North Chicago; she lived at Rolling Hills Place for several | ||||||
| 15 | years and made many friends with the residents and staff; she | ||||||
| 16 | was a member of the Church of St. Patrick in Wadsworth; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Martha Pish was preceded in death by her husband | ||||||
| 18 | of 75 years, Alex; her brother, Michael Koziar; and her 3 | ||||||
| 19 | sisters, Shirley Farretti, Anna Tornambe, and Olga Partnova; | ||||||
| 20 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Martha Pish is survived by her son, William | ||||||
| 2 | (Dorothy); her daughter, Diane (John) Link; her 2 sisters, | ||||||
| 3 | Julia Pish and Mary Pegula; her brother, John Koziar; her 7 | ||||||
| 4 | grandchildren, Bill Pish, Jr., Suzann Caccamo, Gloria | ||||||
| 5 | Westphal, Jeffery Link, Timothy Pish, David Link, and Mary | ||||||
| 6 | Link; and her 10 great-grandchildren, Jill, Kate, Rico, Kelly, | ||||||
| 7 | Ben, Alex, Rhett, Bailey, Isabella, and Nicholas; therefore, be | ||||||
| 8 | it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 11 | Martha Pish, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | ||||||
| 12 | her friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of Martha Pish as an expression of our | ||||||
| 15 | deepest sympathy.
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