Bill Text: IL SR1562 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Catherine Petrak.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1562 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1562-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 Catherine M. Petrak of Benld, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on December 5, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Catherine Petrak was born to Myrlee R. Staples and | ||||||
| 6 | Mae E. (McNaugh) Staples in Alton on October 19, 1932; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Catherine Petrak worked for Laclede Steel, | ||||||
| 8 | Mid-State Stone Quarries, Edwardsville Community School | ||||||
| 9 | District #7, the Macoupin County Circuit Clerk's Office, and | ||||||
| 10 | the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Catherine Petrak was elected to three terms as | ||||||
| 12 | Benld City Clerk;
she was a former township assessor and served | ||||||
| 13 | on the Macoupin County Board and as a precinct committeeperson; | ||||||
| 14 | she was a member of the Benld Area Democrat Women's Club and | ||||||
| 15 | the Gillespie Area Democrats; she was appointed to the Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | Valley Economic Development Board and was a member of the | ||||||
| 17 | Advisory Council to the Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland; | ||||||
| 18 | she was also an active member of Build Benld; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Catherine Petrak was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 20 | parents and her brothers, Robert Rudin and Roy Staples; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Catherine Petrak is survived by her children, | ||||||
| 2 | Channing Smith Petrak (Robert) and Jody Petrak, and her | ||||||
| 3 | grandchildren, Gillian Smith and Emerson Smith; therefore, be | ||||||
| 4 | it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 7 | Catherine M. Petrak and extend our sincere
condolences to her | ||||||
| 8 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be it | ||||||
| 9 | further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 11 | presented to the family of Catherine Petrak as an expression of
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| 12 | our deepest sympathy.
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