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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 Catherine M. Demuzio, mother-in-law of 
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State Senator Deanna Demuzio, who passed away on September 25, 
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2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born Sunday, Oct. 20, 1918, in Scotland, 
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the daughter of the late Thomas Murphy and the late Catherine 
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McKnight Murphy; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Catherine and the late Vincent Demuzio were 
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married on October 12, 1940, in Gillespie; he died on October 
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13, 1991; and

 
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    WHEREAS,

Mrs. Demuzio was a retired clerk for the Secretary 
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of State's office; she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary VFW 
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Post 4547 of Gillespie, Ss. Simon & Jude Church of Gillespie, 
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Ss. Simon & Jude Altar Society, Happy Hearts, and the Gillespie 
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Senior Citizens; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Catherine Demuzio was preceded in death by her 
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parents; her husband; her son, state Senator Vince Demuzio; her 
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daughter, Jean Demuzio; her son-in-law, David Hasquin; her 
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brothers, James Murphy and Michael Murphy; and her sisters, 
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Margaret Guenzi and Mary Murphy; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Catherine Demuzio is survived by her daughters, 
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Bernadette Hasquin, Marlene (husband, Michael) Demuzio Wsol, 
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Catherine (husband, Peter) Visintin, and Donna (husband, 
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James) Burke; her daughter-in-law, state Senator Deanna 
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Demuzio; her grandchildren, Bradley Demuzio, Stephanie Blair, 
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Victoria Bruhn, Vincent Hasquin, James Burke II, Tammy Kalker, 
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Nicole Burke, and Peter Visintin Jr.; and her twelve 
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great-grandchildren; 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 Catherine M. Demuzio; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Catherine M. Demuzio as a symbol of 
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our deepest sympathy.