Bill Text: IL SR2191 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Theodore Bagatelas of Moline.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2191 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2191-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 Theodore Bagatelas of Moline, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on August 22, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Theodore Bagatelas was born on September 17, 1927, | ||||||
6 | in East Moline; his parents were William and Rebecca Gounis | ||||||
7 | Bagatelas; he married Pauline Strenglis in 1957 in St. Paul, | ||||||
8 | Minnesota; he married Karen Sandberg in 1991 in Kauai, Hawaii; | ||||||
9 | and
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10 | WHEREAS, Theodore Bagatelas graduated from United Township | ||||||
11 | High School and attended the former Moline Community College; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Theodore Bagatelas was a veteran of World War II | ||||||
14 | and served in the United States Navy; during the Civil War in | ||||||
15 | Greece in 1947, he served as a Greek interpreter for the United | ||||||
16 | States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean and the Greek general | ||||||
17 | staff; he was a member of the EM American Legion Post 227 and | ||||||
18 | participated in the World War II Veterans Honor Flight to | ||||||
19 | Washington, D.C.; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Theodore Bagatelas, along with his brother George | ||||||
21 | and his sister Dorothy, grew up working in the family grocery |
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1 | store, where he gained the entrepreneurial spirit that guided | ||||||
2 | him in other ventures over the years; he ran a snack bar out of | ||||||
3 | the family's grocery store after his discharge from the United | ||||||
4 | States Navy; in 1951, along with their brother-in-law, George | ||||||
5 | Yokas, the trio opened their first Sportsland store in downtown | ||||||
6 | East Moline; the company expanded into Moline and Davenport | ||||||
7 | over the years and consisted of both the Athletic Center, which | ||||||
8 | specialized in retail sporting goods and servicing school | ||||||
9 | athletic departments in the Midwest, and the Family Fun Center, | ||||||
10 | which sold boats, motorcycles, and pool tables; in 1972, he | ||||||
11 | traveled to Hamamatsu, Japan as a guest of the Suzuki | ||||||
12 | Motorcycle Company for his company's outstanding sales; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Theodore Bagatelas and his brother began their | ||||||
14 | careers in real estate with the development and purchase of | ||||||
15 | various apartment projects in the area; in 1970, they completed | ||||||
16 | the construction of the 12-story luxury high rise Summit Ridge | ||||||
17 | Condominiums on the bluff above downtown East Moline; in his | ||||||
18 | later years, he was president of Imperial Home Builders, Ltd.; | ||||||
19 | in 1981, he successfully opened his first Gulliver's Travel | ||||||
20 | store in SouthPark Mall; today, there are Gulliver's agencies | ||||||
21 | in Illinois, Iowa, and Tennessee; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Theodore Bagatelas served as president of St. | ||||||
23 | George Greek Orthodox Church from 1969 to 1971, when Interstate | ||||||
24 | 74 construction in downtown Moline forced the church to move; |
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1 | he led the development of the congregation's present house of | ||||||
2 | worship in Rock Island and spearheaded the fundraising; he was | ||||||
3 | a member of the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church and served on | ||||||
4 | both parish councils; he was also one of the original | ||||||
5 | organizers of the Greek Cultural Festival in downtown Moline; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, Theodore Bagatelas enjoyed traveling, dancing, | ||||||
8 | and socializing with his wife, jogging, watching the Illini, | ||||||
9 | politics, and spending time with his cats, Cracker and Maggie; | ||||||
10 | and
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11 | WHEREAS, Theodore Bagatelas was preceded in death by his | ||||||
12 | parents; his brother; his sister; and his brother-in-law; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Theodore Bagatelas is survived by his wife, Karen; | ||||||
14 | his sons, William Bagatelas, Todd (Cyndi) Bagatelas, and Paul | ||||||
15 | (Christine) Bagatelas; his grandchildren, Olivia, Elena, | ||||||
16 | Pauline, Nicolas, and Emilie; his stepchildren, Kelly Sandberg | ||||||
17 | and Rick Sandberg; and his step-grandchildren, Todd, Austin, | ||||||
18 | and Jonathon Wadkins; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
21 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Theodore Bagatelas; | ||||||
22 | and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the family of Theodore Bagatelas as an expression | ||||||
3 | of our sympathy.
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