Bill Text: IL SR0749 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Marian Allene Goza.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0749 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0749-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
Marian Allene Goza, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | May 4, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Marian Goza was born on December 25, 1930, in | ||||||
| 6 | Springfield; her parents were John B. and Clara (Rodgers) | ||||||
| 7 | Ritchie; she married Robert W. Goza in 1952; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Marian Goza attended Enos Elementary School and | ||||||
| 9 | graduated from Springfield High School and Springfield College | ||||||
| 10 | in Illinois; she then attended Lincoln University in Jefferson | ||||||
| 11 | City, Missouri, where she met her future husband; she later | ||||||
| 12 | earned her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Sangamon State | ||||||
| 13 | University; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Marian Goza was employed as a registered medical | ||||||
| 15 | technologist at Memorial Medical Center for 39 years; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Marian Goza was a member of St. Paul AME Church, | ||||||
| 17 | where she served on the Trustee Board and the Estella Thompson | ||||||
| 18 | Missionary Society, and sang as a choir helper; she was active | ||||||
| 19 | in the Land of Lincoln Girl Scout Council for many years and | ||||||
| 20 | served as a Girl Scout leader and cookie chairman; she | ||||||
| 21 | participated in the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at both | ||||||
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| 1 | the local and State levels; as a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha | ||||||
| 2 | Sorority, Inc., she worked on various committees and served as | ||||||
| 3 | President of the local chapter and held a regional office; she | ||||||
| 4 | was a member of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority and the Springfield | ||||||
| 5 | Branch NAACP and served as Secretary for the Kenneth E. Barton, | ||||||
| 6 | Sr. Scholarship Fund; she also served as Vice-President, | ||||||
| 7 | Financial Secretary, Treasurer, and Secretary as well as the | ||||||
| 8 | 1st Illinois Connections Coordinator on the regional level for | ||||||
| 9 | several years and took a special interest in her neighborhood | ||||||
| 10 | association; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Marian Goza was an accomplished seamstress who | ||||||
| 12 | made many wedding gowns and debutante dresses; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Marian Goza was preceded in death by her husband | ||||||
| 14 | of over 59 years, Robert; her parents; and her brother, John R. | ||||||
| 15 | Ritchie; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Marian Goza is survived by her children, Cheryl | ||||||
| 17 | Goza Smith, Michael (Cindi), Roger (Linda), and Jeanette H. | ||||||
| 18 | Goza; her grandchildren, Alexander C. Goza, Marian T. Smith, | ||||||
| 19 | and William A. Ferguson; her step-granddaughter, Heather | ||||||
| 20 | Navarro; her great-grandsons, Jeremiah and Jaden Ferguson; her | ||||||
| 21 | step-grandchildren, Skie, Rainne, and Croix; her | ||||||
| 22 | brother-in-law; her 3 sisters-in-law; and her many cousins and | ||||||
| 23 | friends; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 3 | her family and friends, the passing of Marian Allene Goza; and | ||||||
| 4 | be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of Marian Goza as an expression of our | ||||||
| 7 | sympathy.
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