Bill Text: IL SR1262 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Donna L. Cervini of Oak Park.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR1262 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SR1262-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Donna L. (nee Bost) Cervini of Oak Park,
who passed away on March 25, 2014; and
WHEREAS, Donna Cervini was born in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; she attended Wheeling Jesuit University in
Wheeling, West Virginia and worked as an elementary school
teacher; she married Lawrence Cervini and they settled in Oak
Park in 1967; in 1971, she began attending Northwestern
University Law School, graduating in 1975; and
WHEREAS, Following graduation, Donna Cervini worked for
the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation and in
private practice; in 1985, she was appointed an Associate Judge
of the Circuit Court of Cook County, retiring in 2002; and
WHEREAS, Donna Cervini devoted much of her time to
charitable and community service, including the Pittsburgh
Catholic Interracial Counsel, the Oak Park Housing Center, the
Oak Park-River Forest Citizens Committee for Human Rights, the
St. Giles Family Mass Community, the Lawyers' Assistance
Program, which she co-founded and served as chair for 14 years,
the Illinois Child Death Review, the American Bar Association
Commission for the Impaired Attorney, the Oak Park Police and

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Fire Commission, and International Women Associates of Chicago
(2000-2004); she also volunteered with the West Suburban PADS
Shelter in Oak Park; and
WHEREAS, Donna Cervini marched for Civil Rights,
participated in the anti-apartheid movement for South Africa,
and was a draft counselor against the Vietnam War; and
WHEREAS, Donna Cervini loved to travel; she was an avid
snow skier and scuba diver with hundreds of dives all over the
world; and
WHEREAS, Donna Cervini was the former spouse of the late
Lawrence A. Cervini; the loving mother of Cynthia E. Cervini
and Christine C. (Joe) Wong; the daughter of the late Mary
Ellen (nee McDermott) and the late John William Bost; the
sister of Joanne (Steve) Halle, Mary (Mike) Silbaugh, Faith
(Alan) Katchmar, Jim (Jackie) Connolly, Carol (Gary)
Ostrander, and Nancy Makela; the proud grandmother of Drew,
Siena, and Stephen Wong; the aunt of Matthew (Michelle) and
Joshua Heckel; the longtime friend of Paul Moroney and his
family; and many more; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
Donna L. Cervini, and 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 the family and friends of Donna Cervini as an
expression of our deepest sympathy.