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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 congratulate Leona Charest of |
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| Boulder Hill on the occasion of celebrating her 90th birthday |
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| on July 29, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Leona Charest was born on July 29, 1917 in |
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| Sedalia, Indiana; her family moved to Illinois when she was |
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| very young; her father, Guy A. Taylor, was killed in an auto |
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| accident when she was 3 years old; she, along with her sister |
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| Edna Mae Isbell and brother Alvin G. Taylor, went to live at |
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| Mooseheart Orphanage in Batavia, where her mother was employed; |
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| her mother then married Otto Anderson, and the family lived on |
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| a farm in Batavia, where she grew up; and
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| WHEREAS, Leona Charest was a very exceptionally bright |
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| child, and was moved up 2 grades while in school; she graduated |
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| from Batavia High School at the age of 15; she went on to |
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| become a nurse, working at Community Hospital in Geneva until |
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| she married Thomas A. Charest on January 7, 1950 and moved to |
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| Aurora; unable to have any children of their own, Leona and |
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| Thomas became foster parents, helping many children who needed |
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| temporary homes; they ended up adopting four daughters of their |
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| own; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1965, Leona Charest and her family moved to a |
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| small unincorporated subdivision in Kendall County called |
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| Boulder Hill, where Leona still lives today; Leona and Thomas |
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| became very involved in their community; Thomas was a member of |
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| the Kendall County Board and represented the Boulder Hill |
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| community until his passing in November 1996, and Leona was a |
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| member of the Kendall County Republican Women's Club, and was |
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| the president for several years; she also served on the Child & |
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| Family Services Board and the Jennings Terrace Board; she also |
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| had memberships with the Welcome Wagon, Garden Club, and |
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| Antique Club; she has very strong beliefs in God, her country, |
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| her family, and her community; and
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| WHEREAS, Leona Charest has 4 daughters, Susan, Polly, |
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| Dolly, and Patti; she also has 7 grandchildren and 8 |
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| great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Leona Charest on this milestone birthday and
wish |
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| her good health and happiness in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Leona Charest as a symbol of our esteem and |
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| respect.
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