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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to honor milestones in the lives of |
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| citizens of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Mrs. Willie |
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| Cottingim will celebrate her 100th birthday on December 27, |
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| 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Willie Cottingim was born on December 27, 1906 in |
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| Denton, Texas; her parents were Rufus and Nellie Bly Shaw Nipp; |
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| she lived in Texas until she was almost 12 years old when her |
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| father was transferred to Parsons, Kansas with the KATY |
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| Railroad; and
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| WHEREAS, She graduated from Parsons High School in 1925; |
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| following graduation, she attended the Homer Conservatory of |
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| Music in Kansas City, taking classes for five years; during |
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| this time, she also worked part-time for the KATY Railroad; she |
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| was a very talented vocal musician and, at the age of 19, |
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| became the choir director for the First Baptist Church of |
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| Parsons, Kansas; and
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| WHEREAS, In the late 1920's, Willie met and began to date |
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| Hilmer Cottingim; they were married in St. Louis in December of |
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| 1935; in 1938, Hilmer got a job with Texaco Pipeline Company in |
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| Wood River, Illinois; they moved to Salem in 1939; she became |
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| the choir director for the First Baptist Church in 1940, and |
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| she directed multiple choirs there until her retirement some 25 |
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| years later; and
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| WHEREAS, She taught music in the consolidated schools |
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| (Shanafelt, Raccoon, Kell, & Iuka), then, in 1952 or 1953, she |
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| went to work for Jiffy Manufacturing in Salem, and worked until |
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| her retirement in 1971; she and her husband were very involved |