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| 3 | 3 | | 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of George |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 Thanos Demos, who passed away on November 21, 2024; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, George Demos, the son of Vasiliki (Bouloukos) and |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 Thanos Demos, was born on May 12, 1948; he was a star |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 basketball player at Sullivan High School and played |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 collegiate basketball for the University of Illinois Chicago |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 and the University of Montana-Missoula; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 WHEREAS, George Demos played professional basketball in |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 Greece after college, and he also served as a collegiate |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 basketball referee for many years; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 WHEREAS, George Demos was a former board member of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 National Hellenic Invitational Basketball Tournament; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 WHEREAS, George Demos was named to several halls of fame, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 including the Basketball Museum of Illinois, the Illinois |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 Basketball Coaches Association, the Chicago Public League |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 Basketball Coaches Association, the University of Illinois |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 Chicago, the University of Montana-Missoula, and the National |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 Hellenic Invitational Basketball Tournament; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 WHEREAS, George Demos will be remembered for his kind and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 generous spirit; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 WHEREAS, George Demos was preceded in death by his |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 parents; his brother, Peter Demos; his mother-in-law, Loretta |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 Pruzaniec; and his brother-in-law, Drew Pruzaniec; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 WHEREAS, George Demos was the husband of Bonnie |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 (Pruzaniec) Demos; the father of Tom Demos and Nicole |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 (Lawrence) Trotter; the grandfather of Kennedy, Lawrence, and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 Madison Trotter; the brother of Paul (Gina) Demos; the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 brother-in-law of Jill (Dan) Szuszwalak; the uncle of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 Christina (Josh) Pickett; the great-uncle of Emma Pickett and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 Jonathan Pickett; and a friend to many; therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 we mourn the passing of George Thanos Demos and extend our |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17 and loved him; and be it further |
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