Bill Text: IL SR0789 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Marcy Kubat.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-14 - Resolution Adopted [SR0789 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0789-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 Marcy Kubat, who passed away on September | ||||||
| 4 | 13, 2019 at the age of 92; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Marcy Kubat was born on July 19, 1927 in Chicago; | ||||||
| 6 | she was a longtime resident of the Oak Park/River Forest area | ||||||
| 7 | and lived most recently in Naperville; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Marcy Kubat earned her bachelor's degree from | ||||||
| 9 | Loyola University and worked as an executive assistant in the | ||||||
| 10 | dental school at the University of Illinois; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Marcy Kubat was a dedicated member of the Phi | ||||||
| 12 | Sigma Society; after she retired, she pursued her passions for | ||||||
| 13 | literacy and the arts; she was a prolific writer and public | ||||||
| 14 | speaker, as well as an enthusiastic oil painter; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Marcy Kubat and her late partner, Lee Brooke, | ||||||
| 16 | collaborated in the publication of many books, mainly based on | ||||||
| 17 | Oak Park and River Forest and focused on its history, | ||||||
| 18 | buildings, and people; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Marcy Kubat also had a passion for music; she sang | ||||||
| 20 | tenor in choral performances and enjoyed listening to opera, | ||||||
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| 1 | classical, and religious music; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Marcy Kubat will be remembered by those she called | ||||||
| 3 | friends not only for her legacy of paintings, books, and | ||||||
| 4 | performances but also for her big personality and unique and | ||||||
| 5 | vibrant hair; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Marcy Kubat was preceded in death by her longtime | ||||||
| 7 | partner, Wilfred "Lee" Brooke, and her siblings, Eugene Kubat, | ||||||
| 8 | Mary Kay Romeo, and Delphine (the late Joseph) Fitzgibbons; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Marcy Kubat is survived by her brother-in-law, Lou | ||||||
| 10 | Romeo; her sister-in-law, Joyce Kubat; and her nephews, Michael | ||||||
| 11 | and Patrick Fitzgibbons; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Marcy Kubat and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | ||||||
| 15 | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Marcy Kubat as an expression of our | ||||||
| 18 | deepest sympathy.
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