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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Estella May | ||||||
| 4 | "Coots" Merz on the occasion of her 80th birthday; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz was born to Clarence | ||||||
| 6 | Miletus Houston and Nellie May Allington in Springfield, | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois on October 4, 1927; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz married William Lee Merz | ||||||
| 9 | on December 4, 1948; he passed away on July 29, 1999; she is | ||||||
| 10 | the proud mother of three daughters, Nancy, Sandra, and Mary | ||||||
| 11 | Ellen, and considers her two Yorkshire Terriers, Missy and | ||||||
| 12 | Minnie, to be her children as well; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz worked briefly at the | ||||||
| 14 | shoe factory and Springfield Electric, then stayed at home to | ||||||
| 15 | raise her three daughters while her husband worked as a sheet | ||||||
| 16 | metal worker; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz is known for her sense of | ||||||
| 18 | humor; she is also known for her love of movies, especially | ||||||
| 19 | horror movies; over the years, she has single-handedly recorded | ||||||
| 20 | thousands of hours of movies, including cartoons, science | ||||||
| 21 | fiction, mysteries, horror, and others; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz has a love of gizmos and | ||||||
| 2 | gadgets, such as her ring watch and the electric can opener | ||||||
| 3 | with a built-in clock she bought her daughter Nancy; she keeps | ||||||
| 4 | up with new technology and is addicted to her computer, which | ||||||
| 5 | she uses frequently to check the news and weather, download | ||||||
| 6 | music and videos, and once printed off hundreds of American | ||||||
| 7 | flags until she ran out of ink; she also loves her big-screen | ||||||
| 8 | television; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz adopted a healthier | ||||||
| 10 | lifestyle by walking on the treadmill daily, giving up an | ||||||
| 11 | addiction to Pepsi and switching to water, and recently taking | ||||||
| 12 | dancing lessons with her sister Norma; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz is the proud grandmother | ||||||
| 14 | of Stephen, who is in the Illinois National Guard and recently | ||||||
| 15 | served in Iraq, and Shelby, who just received her driver's | ||||||
| 16 | license; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 18 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 19 | congratulate Estella May "Coots" Merz on the occasion of her | ||||||
| 20 | 80th birthday and wish her many more happy and healthy years to | ||||||
| 21 | come; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Estella May "Coots" Merz as a symbol of our esteem | ||||||
| 3 | and respect.
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