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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Jane Radostits of Lockport, who passed 
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away on May 11, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jane Radostits grew up in Chicago; she graduated 
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from the University of Illinois at Chicago and John Marshall 
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Law School; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jane Radostits began her career as a Cook County 
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prosecutor in 1986; she relocated to DuPage County in 1997; she 
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was the deputy chief of the special prosecutions division in 
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the DuPage County state's attorney's office; she oversaw the 
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prosecution of many types of cases, including major crimes, 
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public corruption, domestic violence and child abuse; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jane Radostits was named prosecutor of the year by 
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the Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association in 2006; she was 
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active in Republican Party politics and aspired to be a judge; 
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she was one of two finalists for an associate judgeship in 2006 
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and it was widely believed she soon would be appointed to the 
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bench; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Jane Radostits is remembered by all who knew her 
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as a hero to an entire generation of crime victims and their 
 


 






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families, especially children, and as a vibrant, personable, 
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and warm person who would go out of her way to do anything for 
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anybody, and frequently did; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Jane Radostits was the beloved wife of  Frank 
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Radostits; the devoted mother of Kate and Frankie Radostits; 
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the loving sister of  Cathy (Tony) Di Orio and John LaFlamboy; 
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the adored daughter-in-law of  Frank Radostits; the cherished 
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sister-in-law of  Arlene (Thomas) Cohan; and the favorite Auntie 
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Jane of Melissa,  Mark, John, Brian, Mikey, Kyle, Tim, and 
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Michele; therefore, be it

 

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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Jane Radostits; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Jane Radostits as an expression of 
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our sympathy.