Bill Text: IL SR0917 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Georgia Grace Saffo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-18 - Resolution Adopted [SR0917 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0917-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Georgia Grace Saffo; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Georgia Saffo was born to Leonard and Annie Laura | ||||||
| 5 | Graham Zackery in Covington, Georgia on November 26, 1930; she | ||||||
| 6 | married Walter J. Saffo in the early 1950s; she joined St. Paul | ||||||
| 7 | AME Church at an early age and served there until she moved to | ||||||
| 8 | Cleveland, Ohio in 1960; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Georgia Saffo worked as a dental technician and | ||||||
| 10 | HeadStart preschool educator after college in the 1980s; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Georgia Saffo enjoyed cooking, listening to jazz | ||||||
| 12 | music, and spending time with her family; her legacy of faith | ||||||
| 13 | and service continues to inspire her loved ones; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Georgia Saffo was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 15 | parents and her husband, Walter; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Georgia Saffo was mother to seven children; | ||||||
| 17 | grandmother to 15 grandchildren; great-grandmother to 24 | ||||||
| 18 | great-grandchildren; great-great-grandmother to four | ||||||
| 19 | great-great grandchildren; and sister to three siblings; | ||||||
| 20 | therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 3 | Georgia Grace Saffo and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 4 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 5 | further
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