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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  George Gulas, who passed away on 
4September 17, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, George Gulas served as a medic with the United 
6States Armed Forces during World War II; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, George Gulas was employed at the Joliet Rivals 
8Club and the Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railway before retiring 
9from Alumax Aluminum after many years of service; and
 
10    WHEREAS, George Gulas was a lifelong member of Annunciation 
11Byzantine Catholic Church (formerly St. Mary Assumption in 
12Joliet), where he served as an usher for many years; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, George Gulas enjoyed gardening, mushroom picking, 
14word searches, and vacationing and fishing in Wisconsin with 
15his family and friends; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, George Gulas was preceded in death by his wife, 
17Isabelle (nee Musich); his parents, Mary (nee Urbanec) and 
18Gabriel Gulas; his sisters, Mary (Thomas) Legan, Ann (George) 
19Peceniak, and Margie (Burnett) Reimers; and several siblings; 
20and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, George Gulas is survived by his sons, George 
2(Kim), Jim (Sue), and Bill; his daughter, Maria; his 
3grandchildren, Stephanie (fiance, Adam Lewickas), Katie, 
4Jenny, and Nick; his sister, Irene (the late John) Nickelson; 
5his brother-in-law, Burnett Reimers; his sister-in-law, Mary 
6(the late Leonard) Musich; and his many nieces, nephews, and 
7cousins; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his 
10family and friends, mourn the passing of George Gulas; and be 
11it further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to the family of George Gulas as an expression of our 
14sympathy.