RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Barbara J. Terzich has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of seventy; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of her passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Chicago, Barbara J. Terzich was the loving and devoted wife of the Honorable Robert M.; and
WHEREAS, Barbara J. Terzich was the much-adored mother of Robert Jr., Christopher, and Suzanne and the grandmother of seven to whom she imparted many of the fine and noble qualities which she possessed in abundance; and
WHEREAS, Born and raised in Bridgeport, Barbara J. Terzich was a graduate of Kelly High School; and
WHEREAS, Barbara J. Terzich married her husband on September 30, 1961, at Nativity of Our Lord Church in Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Barbara J. Terzich raised her family in Chicago's Garfield Ridge community, and was a valued and dedicated member of St. Daniel the Prophet Church for fifty years; and
WHEREAS, Barbara J. Terzich enjoyed a career in public service and worked at both the Illinois Attorney General's Office and the Illinois Secretary of State's Office while her husband served for twenty years as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, A woman of dignity, grace and charm, Barbara J. Terzich will be remembered by her friends and neighbors as a person of great kindness and generosity; and
WHEREAS, To her beloved family, Barbara J. Terzich imparts a legacy of faithfulness, service and dignity; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this third day of October, 2012, do hereby commemorate Barbara J. Terzich for her grace-filled life and do hereby express our condolences to her family; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Barbara J. Terzich.