SR1300 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Eugene "Gene" C. Crivello, who passed away on June 4, 2014; and

WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was born on June 17, 1919 in Alton; his parents were Michael A. and Mary Crivello; he first married Dolores Smith and later married Josephine DeBacco; they both preceded him in death; he married Virginia Ryrie on November 25, 2000; and

WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States Army Air Corps and attained the rank of Master Sergeant; 3 years of his service were spent at the Prisque Isle Air Base in Maine and a year and a half was spent in Keflavik, Iceland; he served as a supply sergeant, provost sergeant, and Chief of the Base fire and crash department; he was also attached to the Air and Sea Rescue Division; and

WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was always proud of the fact that he was the first senior citizen to serve as a page in the Illinois General Assembly; he was also proud to have taken the Foster Grandparents to several counties during his work for the Economic Opportunity Commission; and

WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello worked for Wohl Shoe Company in the early 1940s and again after being discharged in 1945; in 1957, he was hired by the Central Hardware Company, where he rose to the rank of Personnel Director and eventually became manager of the Alton store in 1968; he was later hired by Ruth Wilderman to serve as her assistant, running the Alton branch of the American Cancer Society as director of 6 counties; when the ACS closed their office on Henry Street several years later, he became the Director of the American Lung Association, serving in that position until his retirement in 1984; and

WHEREAS, Following his retirement, Eugene Crivello immediately went to work as a volunteer at Saint Anthony's Health Center at the request of Bill Kessler and accumulated nearly 3,000 hours of volunteer service; he also served as President of the Alton Godfrey Rotary Club and as a Paul Harris Fellow; and

WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Dolores; his second wife, Josephine; 7 brothers, Anthony, Gasper, Willie, Joseph (Dutz), Leo (Pip), Francis, and George; 4 sisters, Virginia, Lucia, Mona, and Josie; 2 sons-in-law, Jim Allison and Gary Wright; and a stepson, Nathan Adkins; and

WHEREAS, Eugene Crivello is survived by his wife, Virginia; 3 daughters, Pamela Allison, Becky Adkins (Rocky), and Gina Peipert (Tim); a son, Denis Crivello; 4 grandchildren, Ann Marie Johnson (Brad), Andrew Wright (Kim), Jamie Freleng (Nick), and Adam Peipert (Alyson); 4 great-grandchildren, Olivia and Mason Johnson and Max and Hattie Jean Wright; a step-grandson, Taylor Adkins; 3 step-children, Ed Ryrie (Nancy), Sarah Davis (Jim), and Janet Biermann (Steve); 9 step-grandchildren; and 6 step great-grandchildren; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of Eugene "Gene" C. Crivello; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Eugene Crivello as an expression of our sympathy.