Bill Text: IL SR0849 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joan J. Kosinski.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-11-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0849 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SR0849-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate learned with
regret of the death of Joan J. Kosinski of Chicago, who passed
away on June 29, 2012; and
WHEREAS, She was born in 1935 to Stanley and Josephine
Kurek; she grew up above her Polish immigrant father's tavern
in the Back of the Yards neighborhood; she graduated from
Lourdes High School and later Ray-Vogue College of Design; for
a brief time she ran her own dress shop, Joni's, with the help
of her sister; in 1957 she married George Kosinski and settled
on the South Side where they became owners and operators of
Aluminum Case Corp., a business they would run for more than
four decades; and
WHEREAS, In 1952, at age 17, she was presented as a
debutante at the Legion of Young Polish Women White and Red
Ball; she was a life member of the Polish Arts Club and a
member of the Polish Women's Civic Club since 1976; she served
as president of the Polish Museum of America for 10 of the 40
years she sat on its board and was a former president of the
Legion of Young Polish Women, her last position being that of
Board Vice-President; she and her husband received the Polish
Museum of America Polish Spirit Award in 1990 and the Advocates
Society Award of Merit in 2003; and

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WHEREAS, In 2003, she was chosen as one in 50 people in the
country recognized as Polish Americans: Patrons of Culture and
Art and in 2010, she was named one of the Outstanding Women in
Philanthropy by the Cook County Circuit Court Clerk; and
WHEREAS, The passing of Joan Kosinski has been deeply felt
by many, especially her daughter, Maria (Martin) Kosinski
Weihing; her sister, Wanda Kurek; her nieces and nephews, Joan
(Wayne) Slugocki, Walter (Karen) Kurek, Mary Kompare, Ellen
(Michael) Allison, Anthony (Sherri) Ucho, and Joseph (Nora)
Ucho; and her great nieces and nephews, Dr. Kathleen (William
Barnum) Slugocki, Julie Kurek, Laura Kurek, Michael (Diana)
Kompare, Dawn (fiance, Jason Pollard) Ucho, Christopher Ucho,
Molly Allison, and Joseph Ucho Jr.; she was preceded in death
by her husband, I. George Kosinski; her parents, Stanley and
Josephine Kurek; her siblings, Walter (late Josephine) Kurek,
Ted Kurek, and Estelle Kurek; her nephew, Robert Kosinski; her
great niece, Joan Slugocki; her brother-in-laws, Anthony
(Jean) Kosinski, Chester (late Helen) Kosinski, and Dennis
Kosinski; and her sister-in-law, Sophie (late Matt) Ucho;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
Joan Kosinski, and we extend our sincere condolences to her

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family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
sympathy.