HR0849

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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives learned
with sadness of the death of Gertrude 
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Trunda on November 3, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gertrude Trunda was  born August 27, 1923, in 
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Chicago;
she died on October 19, 2007, having  been a resident 
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of  Wheeling since 1955; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gertrude met her husband, John, while both of them 
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were serving in the
United States Navy; they married in 1944 in 
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Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gertrude was the loving mother of Judith Case, 
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Toni Fahey, Jay
Trunda, Christopher Trunda, Cathy Heer, Thomas 
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Trunda, and Patrick Trunda;
she was also the grandmother of 17 
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and the great-grandmother of 13; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Gertrude  will be remembered for her dedication to  
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her church  as
a founding member of St. Joseph the Worker 
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Parish, as a volunteer at St.
Joseph the Worker School, as a 
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charter member and President of the Catholic
Women's Club, and 
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as a representative to the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic

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Women; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Gertrude was a valued member of the Pavilion 
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Senior Center for many
years;  she initiated the Bereavement 
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Support Group after the death of her
husband, John, in 1988; 
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she began the center's Nutrition Classes and led the Senior

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Stretch exercise classes at the Pavilion; she was also chosen 
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as the center's Super Senior
in 1992; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gertrude was a proud member of the American Legion 
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Post 0988, the
Committee to Elect John F. Kennedy for 
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President, and the Red Hat Society; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn the passing of Gertrude Trunda and extend our sincerest 
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condolences to her family, friends, and community; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to her
family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.