Bill Text: IL SR1125 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Loretta Marie (Behrendt) Tvrdy of Elk Grove Village.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-11-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1125 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR1125-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 Loretta Marie (Behrendt) Tvrdy of Elk | ||||||
| 4 | Grove Village, who passed away on July 2, 2024; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Loretta Tvrdy was born to Joseph and Josephine | ||||||
| 6 | (Labno) Behrendt in Chicago on August 13, 1930; she attended | ||||||
| 7 | St. Hyacinth School and Alvernia High School; her mother later | ||||||
| 8 | married Bill Wadington, and he became an important part of her | ||||||
| 9 | life as an adult; she married Gerald "Jerry" Tvrdy on October | ||||||
| 10 | 22, 1955, and he preceded her in death on August 18, 1970; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Loretta Tvrdy, in addition to being a devoted | ||||||
| 12 | wife and mother, worked as a learning center aide and then in | ||||||
| 13 | the human resources department at Community Consolidated | ||||||
| 14 | School District 59 in Elk Grove Village, retiring in 1995; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Loretta Tvrdy was serious about her civic | ||||||
| 16 | responsibilities, serving as a longtime member of the League | ||||||
| 17 | of Women Voters; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Loretta Tvrdy loved spending time with her | ||||||
| 19 | friends and family, especially her grandchildren and | ||||||
| 20 | great-grandchildren; she enjoyed traveling, experiencing | ||||||
| 21 | dinner theater, reading, and playing cards and board games, as | ||||||
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| 1 | well as Mahjong on her ipad; she liked watching sports on | ||||||
| 2 | television and was a lifelong Cubs fan; she was also a great | ||||||
| 3 | fan of legal dramas, detective and mystery fiction, and | ||||||
| 4 | comedies; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Loretta Tvrdy deeply loved and supported each of | ||||||
| 6 | her six children, whom she raised single-handedly after her | ||||||
| 7 | husband's passing; she will be remembered for her great, | ||||||
| 8 | infectious laugh and meeting all challenges thrown her way; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Loretta Tvrdy was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 11 | parents; her siblings, Geri (Charlie) Race, Joan (Art) Geib, | ||||||
| 12 | Joe (Rita) Behrendt, and Bob (Karen) Behrendt; and her | ||||||
| 13 | great- | ||||||
grandchild, Noah; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Loretta Tvrdy is survived by her children, Carol | ||||||
| 15 | (James) Zerkle, Ellen Tvrdy, Gayle (Robert) Fill, Stephen | ||||||
| 16 | Tvrdy, Laura (Jeff) Plys, and Gregory (Oksana) Tvrdy; her | ||||||
| 17 | grandchildren and their families, Adam (Karen) Zerkle, John | ||||||
| 18 | (Maureen) Zerkle, Michael (Emilie) Zerkle, Ariel | ||||||
| 19 | Blackshear-Tvrdy, Evan Blackshear-Tvrdy, Bryan (Heather) Fill, | ||||||
| 20 | Ashley Fill, Alyssa (Chad) Balmer, Erica Plys, and Marianna | ||||||
| 21 | (Marek) Ivanus; her great-grandchildren, Amelia, Walter, | ||||||
| 22 | Elora, Hannah, Landon, Ezra, Odin, Molly, Melanie, Julian, and | ||||||
| 23 | Edwin; and her siblings, Terri (Lee) Szadorski and Tom | ||||||
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| 1 | (Janice) Behrendt; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 4 | Loretta Marie (Behrendt) Tvrdy and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 5 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 6 | her; and be it further
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