Bill Text: IL SR1319 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Helen Rumsa of Waukegan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1319 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1319-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 Helen Rumsa of Waukegan, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on June 11, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa was born to Frank and Anna Rumsa on | ||||||
| 6 | June 10, 1924 and lived in Waukegan her entire life; she | ||||||
| 7 | attended St. Bartholomew Grade School and graduated from | ||||||
| 8 | Waukegan Township High School in 1942; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa was quite proud of the fact that the | ||||||
| 10 | owner of Bertrand Bowling Lanes noticed
her exemplary math | ||||||
| 11 | skills as her bowling team's record keeper and offered her a
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| 12 | job as secretary/bookkeeper, a position she held for
over 40 | ||||||
| 13 | years; prior to this, she was
an executive secretary at | ||||||
| 14 | American Steel & Wire Co in Waukegan; she also served as a | ||||||
| 15 | board member and board secretary for the Bank of Waukegan; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa was a member of St. Dismas and | ||||||
| 17 | previously a member of St. Bartholomew, both in Waukegan; in | ||||||
| 18 | 1979, she was chosen to carry the gifts to the altar when Pope | ||||||
| 19 | John Paul II visited Chicago and said Mass in Grant Park; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa was an avid golfer and bowler and | ||||||
| 21 | competed in bowling tournaments in San Francisco, Reno, and Las | ||||||
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| 1 | Vegas; she was a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs; she enjoyed | ||||||
| 2 | traveling to Las Vegas with her brother and sister-in-law, and | ||||||
| 3 | more recently, visiting casinos with her brother and sister; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa was preceded in death by her parents; | ||||||
| 6 | her sister-in-law, Phyllis Rumsa; her niece, Mary Patricia; her | ||||||
| 7 | great-nieces, Heather, Amy, and Anne Marie; and her | ||||||
| 8 | great-great-niece, Riley; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Helen Rumsa is survived by her sister, Loretta | ||||||
| 10 | Rumsa; her brother, James Rumsa; her nieces, LuAnn (George) | ||||||
| 11 | Nelson), Julie (Larry) O'Brien, and Mary Oakes; her | ||||||
| 12 | great-nieces and nephews, Katie, Erin (Josh), Andy (Meg), | ||||||
| 13 | Brian, Kevin (Jillian), and DJ; and her great-great-niece, | ||||||
| 14 | Blakely; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | Helen Rumsa and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | ||||||
| 18 | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Helen Rumsa as an expression of our | ||||||
| 21 | deepest sympathy.
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