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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor Mildred Kinzig on her
4 centennial birthday, February 3, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mildred Kinzig was born on February 3, 1907 in
6 Chicago; her parents were John Wilhelm and Anna Becker; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Mildred Kinzig is one of thirteen children; her
8 brothers, Clarence Wilhelm and Father Ed Wilhelm, and her
9 sister, Ann Dolan, will be celebrating along with her; her two
10 children, Richard and Kathleen will also be a part of the
11 festivities; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Mildred Kinzig spent 63 years being a housewife
13 and mother in the same home; she has lived at Resurrection
14 Retirement Community for the last nine years, where she makes
15 cookies for her fellow residents; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Mildred Kinzig and her sister, the late Florence
17 Amsteen, worked for Father Kelly and his Catholic Extension
18 mission organization in the early 1920s; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

 

 

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1 wish Mildred Kinzig the best on her 100th birthday; she is
2 truly a blessing and an example to the people of the State of
3 Illinois of a life well-lived; and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to Mildred Kinzig as a symbol of our respect.