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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Virginia Z. Kucera of Arlington Heights, 
4who passed away on February 28, 2011; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born October 3, 1938, in Chicago, to 
6William S. Sr. and Helen (nee Gawrylak) Zittnan; she attended 
7Providence High School in Chicago, graduated from Loyola 
8University in 1960 with a B.S. in sociology/psychology, and 
9Roosevelt University with a M.A. in gerontology in 1990; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, She was the director of the Division of Chapter 
11Services for the American Academy of Pediatrics in Elk Grove 
12Village from 1985 to 1996, and an associate executive director 
13for the Clearbrook Center for the Handicapped in Rolling 
14Meadows from 1977 to 1984; she served as an Arlington Heights 
15Village trustee from 1997 until 2009, and as a trustee of the 
16Arlington Heights Memorial Library from 1977 to 1983; and


  
 
17    WHEREAS, Virginia Kucera is survived by her husband of 50 
18years, Robert C. Kucera Sr., whom she married April 8, 1961; 
19her children, Anne Marie Sablock, Robert C. Jr. (Jolanta) 
20Kucera, and Matthew P. (Kristine) Kucera; her grandchildren, 
21Julia and Nicholas Sablock, and Mark, Helena, Nicole, and 
22Amanda Kucera; and her siblings, William Jr. (Maryann) Zittnan, 
 
 
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1Melanie (Theodore) Porter, and Robert (Christine) Zittnan; 
2therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
5her family and friends, the passing of Virginia Kucera; and be 
6it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8presented to the family of Virginia Kucera as a symbol of our 
9sincere sympathy.