HR1218 LRB093 23879 CSA 53950 r

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Kate Besch was born on September 29, 1904 in
3 Hungary; when she was three years old, she and her mother, two
4 brothers, and sister moved to Chicago, where her father had
5 arrived two years earlier to find work and establish a home;
6 they lived on the north side of Chicago and moved to 2669
7 Orchard Street in 1921; and
 
8     WHEREAS, That year, Kate married George Bair; they lived in
9 Canton, Ohio for a year and then returned to Chicago, where she
10 has lived ever since; she and George lived at the corner of
11 Wrightwood and Burling for some time, but moved to the family
12 home on Orchard Street when her mother passed away in 1938;
13 George worked for the Chicago Police Department, where he came
14 in contact with infamous figures like John Dillinger and Bugsy
15 Malone; and
 
16     WHEREAS, George and Kate had one son, Georgie, who died
17 tragically in an auto accident at the age of 5 in 1929; Kate's
18 husband passed away in 1979, but Kate remains in the house that
19 her parents bought; she is in great health and spirits, is a
20 joy to her friends and neighbors, and is the much-loved aunt of
21 Lois Alliger; and
 
22     WHEREAS, A celebration was held in honor of Kate Bair's
23 100th birthday on September 26, 2004 at 4:30 p.m. at Sapori
24 Trattoria on Halsted and Schubert; therefore, be it
 
25     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
26 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
27 congratulate Kate Bair on the occasion of her 100th birthday,
28 and we extend to her our sincere best wishes for continued good
29 health and happiness; and be it further
 
30     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1 presented to Kate Bair as an expression of our respect and
2 esteem.