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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 Cinto Martinez of Waukegan, who passed 
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away on February 2, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born in Orrick, a small town outside of 
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Kansas City, Missouri, on September 11, 1915; he later moved to 
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Waukegan and graduated from Waukegan Township High School in 
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1934; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was married to the former Mildred Mordhorst for 
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54 years until her passing; he worked for Johns-Manville and 
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later Mordhorst Movers (later Crown Moving & Storage); he 
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retired as manager  in 1980, where he was known to the men as 
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"Chief"; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a member of the Moose Lodge and 
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past-president of the Lions Club; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred; his 
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mother and father, Ines Rios Martinez and Pablo Vasquez; and 
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his siblings. Albert, Mike, Lorenzo, Antonette, and Lillian; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is survived by his only child, Jim (Dianne) 
 


 






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Martinez; his four grandchildren, Jeanne (John Segreti) 
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Martinez, Sandy Martinez, Traci Martinez, and Mike (Brook 
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Haskins) Martinez; his great-grandchildren, Dania, Glancarlo,

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and Stefan Segreti, and Stephanie Martinez; his sister-In
law, 
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Velona Lefco; and  his long
time loving companion, Noreen Dolan; 
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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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his family and friends, the passing of Cinto Martinez; 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 Cinto Martinez as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.