Bill Text: IL SR0603 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Helena Khayat Finka of Wadsworth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR0603 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0603-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 Helena Khayat Finka of Wadsworth, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on February 4, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Helena Finka was born in Orszczow, Poland to Karol | ||||||
| 6 | and Maria (Knapcyk) Orawiec on September 17, 1926, the second | ||||||
| 7 | of five children along with, Karol, Eugene, Michalina, and | ||||||
| 8 | Mary; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, In her youth, Helena Finka helped her family build | ||||||
| 10 | one of the wealthiest farms in their community with rich | ||||||
| 11 | orchards, vast wheat fields and lots of healthy farm animals; | ||||||
| 12 | at age 13, her family was taken by force to the Sredmiozichna | ||||||
| 13 | Rehabilitation Camp in Northern Siberia, where she spent 18 | ||||||
| 14 | months in captivity; in 1942, she fled the prison camp with her | ||||||
| 15 | family to Jerusalem, via Latvia, Uzbekistan, and Iran; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Helena Finka married Rev. Michael Christian | ||||||
| 17 | Khayat in 1947; they traveled to Zion in 1951, via Jordan and | ||||||
| 18 | England, to begin a new life in America for themselves and | ||||||
| 19 | their family; after being married to Michael for 25 years, she | ||||||
| 20 | married Stanley Finka in 1975; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Helena Finka was a lifelong parishioner of | ||||||
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| 1 | Christian Catholic Church and an active member in the | ||||||
| 2 | community; she was highly successful in real estate and home | ||||||
| 3 | construction for more than 40 years; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Helena Finka was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 5 | grandchildren, James Michael Khayat and Marshall Michael | ||||||
| 6 | Khayat; her parents; and two brothers; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Helena Finka is survived by her loving husband of | ||||||
| 8 | 42 years, Stanley; her children, Jeanette Donahue, Miranda | ||||||
| 9 | Reeder, Christian Khayat, Mary Bennett, Lenny Khayat, and Mark | ||||||
| 10 | Khayat and their spouses; 14 grandchildren; 19 | ||||||
| 11 | great-grandchildren; and two sisters; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Helena Khayat Finka, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 15 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Helena Finka as an expression of our | ||||||
| 19 | deepest sympathy.
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