Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SR1042 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 SENATE RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
5	5	3 to learn of the death of Joe Vojacek of Oak Park, who passed
6	6	4 away on April 24, 2022 at the age of 82; and
7	7	5 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek was born to Joseph Vojacek Jr. and
8	8	6 Camille Sima Vojacek in Chicago; and
9	9	7 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek was a lifelong resident of Chicago,
10	10	8 though he attended high school in the suburbs at Riverside
11	11	9 Brookfield High School and was a part of the class of 1958; and
12	12	10 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek began his studies in English at North
13	13	11 Central College in Naperville before transferring to the
14	14	12 University of Chicago, where he graduated with a Bachelor of
15	15	13 Arts in English; he later earned an Master of Arts in English
16	16	14 Literature in 1964; and
17	17	15 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek married his wife, Marti, in 1983, and
18	18	16 their household included Marti's three daughters; and
19	19	17 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek had a long career in teaching,
20	20	18 spending most of his time at the Malcolm X College campus of
21	21	19 the City Colleges of Chicago, where he earned tenure as a
22	22	20 professor of English; he especially enjoyed teaching
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31	31	1 humanities courses, where he blended literature, film, music,
32	32	2 graphic arts, and other cultural representations; and
33	33	3 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek enrolled in the Ph.D. program in
34	34	4 English at Loyola University Chicago but withdrew from the
35	35	5 program to pursue his passion for antiquing; and
36	36	6 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek and his wife traveled the Midwest in
37	37	7 search of antique furniture; they valued vintage advertising,
38	38	8 artifacts, ephemera, arcade machines, and all things related
39	39	9 to history and the practice of stage magic; and
40	40	10 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek retired from teaching in 2000; he and
41	41	11 his wife moved shortly after to Oak Park to spend more time
42	42	12 with their grandchildren; and
43	43	13 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek enjoyed music, poetry, art, film,
44	44	14 photography, and antiquing; and
45	45	15 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek was preceded in death by his wife,
46	46	16 Marti; and
47	47	17 WHEREAS, Joe Vojacek is survived by his stepdaughters,
48	48	18 Deborah Morrow, Rebecca Morrow, and Elisabeth Morrow and his
49	49	19 step-grandsons, Elias Weinberg and Leo Weinberg; therefore, be
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61	61	1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
62	62	2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
63	63	3 Joe Vojacek and extend our sincere condolences to his family,
64	64	4 friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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