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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 Marie Aurelia Broderick Sisolak of 
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Waukegan, who passed away on January 20, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born July 1, 1918, in St. Louis, Missouri, 
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to Richard and Zoie Dorsett Broderick; Marie was a lifelong 
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Waukegan resident, where she lived with her husband of 69 
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years, Joe Sisolak; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was a descendant of the pioneer Dorsett Family 
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of Waukegan; she was a member of St. Anastasia Parish, Life 
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Master Bridge Player, and an avid golfer; she was a member of 
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the Bonnie Brook Ladies Golf Association since 1946, and she 
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had won 48 golf championships in her lifetime; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Marie and her husband volunteered for 52 years 
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with the Swing Club at Downey Veterans Hospital in North 
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Chicago where the golf course was named in their honor, the Joe 
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and Marie Sisolak Golf Course; she taught juniors ages four 
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through college how to play golf at the First Tee Program at 
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Foss Park Golf Course; and

 

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    WHEREAS, Marie is survived by her husband, Joe Sisolak; her 
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sons, Tom Sisolak and wife, Jane, and Bill Sisolak and wife, 
 


 






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Vira; her grandchildren, Mary Beth Sisolak Wagner and husband, 
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Dale, Michael Sisolak and wife, Ilyse, and Brian Sisolak and 
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fiance, Ericka Bolinger; her great-granddaughter, Zoie 
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Sisolak; and her many nieces and nephews and loving friends; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Marie A. Sisolak; 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 Marie A. Sisolak as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.