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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
Mary Vambaketes of Alton, who passed away 
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on October 19, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Vambaketes was born on May 3, 1930, in 
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Andros, Greece; she was the daughter of John and Irene 
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(Genisis) Lafakis; she married John George Vambaketes on 
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September 28, 1947, in Alton; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Vambaketes was a member of Sts. Constantine 
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and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Swansea, where she was very 
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active with the Philoptochos Society, a ladies organization 
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that performs philanthropic work for children, the elderly, and 
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the church; she also baked every Tuesday at the church for 
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fund-raising activities; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Vambaketes was a past president of the PTA; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Vambaketes was preceded in death by her 
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husband; her parents; and her brother, Louis Lafakis; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Vambaketes is survived by her daughter, 
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Stella Georgitsis and her husband, Ted; her son, Tony 
 


 






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Vambaketes and his wife, Peggy; her grandchildren, Mary, A.J., 
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and John M. Vambaketes, Marianna Georgitsis, and Peter John 
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Georgitsis and his wife, Katie; her great-grandchildren, Teddy 
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and Ellianna Georgitsis, and Stella Mathews; her brothers, 
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James Lafakis and Gregory Lafakis; and her sisters, Billie 
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Yiannakakis, Angie Kefalas, and Catherine Skordos; therefore, 
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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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his family and friends, the passing of Mary Vambaketes; 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 Mary Vambaketes as an expression of 
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our sympathy.