Bill Text: IL SR2193 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Louis Turilli of East Moline.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2193 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SR2193-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Louis Turilli of East Moline, who passed
away on August 26, 2016; and
WHEREAS, Louis Turilli was born on July 3, 1915 in Chicago;
his parents were Baccio and Eugenia Turilli; he married Osvalda
"Ozzi" Carmignani on April 28, 1946 in Chicago; and
WHEREAS, During the years preceding World War II, Louis
Turilli was employed by the Metropolitan State Bank in Chicago
for seven years; he was inducted into the United States Army in
September of 1942; after completing basic training, he was
selected to attend Officers Candidate School at Field Artillery
School in Fort Sill, Oklahoma; after graduating from Officers
Candidate School, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in
the Field Artillery and assigned to the 27th Division in the
Hawaiian Islands; on June 1, 1944, the division left the
Hawaiian Islands and joined a large convoy for the attack on
the island of Saipan, where he served as an Artillery Forward
Observer on Saipan and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal; he
spent the winter of 1944-1945 on the New Hebrides Islands to
regroup and prepare for the next mission on Okinawa; on
Okinawa, he was the Battery Executive Officer in charge of the
battery's 105mm howitzers; after the end of the war, he was

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promoted to Battery Commander of "A" Battery and flown into
Japan with elements of the 27th Division to ensure the safety
of the formal Army of Occupation that had already landed in
Japan; he left Japan on December 1, 1945 and arrived home in
Chicago on December 27; he received his honorable discharge
from the Army on March 31, 1946; and
WHEREAS, After the war, Louis Turilli owned and operated
the family restaurant in Chicago for seven years; in February
of 1952, he entered the civil service as a civilian employee of
the United States Department of the Army, where he worked for
the Chicago Ordinance District, the Army Procurement and Supply
Agency in Joliet, AMCCOM, and the Rock Island Arsenal until he
retired in September of 1976 as a Contracting Officer; he went
on to work as a self-employed Marketing Consultant to private
Department of Defense contractors until his retirement in
September of 1995; and
WHEREAS, Louis Turilli was a member of Christ the King
Catholic Church in Moline, the Rock Island Arsenal Historical
Society, AARP, the 27th Infantry Association, the National
Association of Retired Federal Employees, the World War II
Memorial Society, the Colonel Davenport Historical Foundation,
the National Museum of the U.S. Army, and the American Legion;
and

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WHEREAS, Louis Turilli was an avid Chicago White Sox fan
and enjoyed following all sports with his sons; and
WHEREAS, Louis Turilli was preceded in death by his wife,
Osvalda; his parents; his brothers, Dewey and William; and his
sisters, Lillian Fundahn and Lyda Deacetis; and
WHEREAS, Louis Turilli is survived by his sons, Louis
(Carole Bryan) Turilli, Larry (Laurie) Turilli, and James
(Rodger Van Hyfte) Turilli; his grandchildren, Jaime (Randall)
Turilli Bill, Stacey (Jeffery) Runde, Matthew Turilli,
Victoria Bryan O'Neal, John (Katie) Bryan, and James
(Stephanie) Bryan; and his great-grandchildren, Holden and
Hadley Bill, Weston Runde, Katherine and Elliot O'Neal, Jackson
Bryan, Phoebe Bryan, and Louie's Angel; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
family and friends, mourn the passing of Louis Turilli; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Louis Turilli as an expression of
our sympathy.