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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 Cherie Mazzone of Alton, who passed away 
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on September 28, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born in Cleveland in 1933, the daughter of 
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Ruth and Gordon Greenfield; she grew up in Brecksville, Ohio, 
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and was an active participant in school activities; she played 
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the clarinet in the school band and the violin in the school 
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orchestra; she was active in sports and earned a Red Cross Life 
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Saving certificate, which enabled her to teach swimming; and 
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she was a very good dancer; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She graduated from Principia College in Elsah in 
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1955 with a teaching degree in secondary education and began 
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teaching in Elmhurst; while in Elmhurst, she met her husband, 
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Philip Mazzone, and they were married in 1957; in 1964, they 
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adopted their first child, Cara, and in 1967, they adopted 
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their second child, Peter; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was an active member of the First Church of 
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Christ Scientist of Alton-Godfrey; and

 

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    WHEREAS, She will be missed by her family, friends, and 
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neighbors, who knew her for her friendliness, joy, good humor, 
 


 






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and great cooking; surviving are her granddaughters, Madison, 
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Kaija, Tayen, and Kyridas and their mother, Cara McFarlane; her 
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grandchildren, Lael and Tosh and their father, Peter Mazzone, 
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and mother, Gillian; and her four nieces, her sister Gay's 
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children, Hilary, Audrey, Courtney, and Andrea DeVries; 
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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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her family and friends, the passing of Cherie Mazzone; 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 Cherie Mazzone as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.