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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 Ernestine Irene |
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| Martinez on her eightieth birthday, December 15, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on December 15, 1927 to Maria and |
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| Jose Martinez; she graduated from Thomas Jefferson Grade School |
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| and Farragut High School in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, In May of 1954 she married Joseph Mendoza and was |
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| widowed in 1971; from this union were born Elizabeth Yolanda |
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| and David Thomas Mendoza; she married Eloy Herrera in 1981 and |
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| was widowed in 1992; and
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| WHEREAS, She is the proud grandmother of Thomas David |
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| Mendoza and Jennifer Marie Mendoza; and
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| WHEREAS, Ernestine Martinez has been an accomplished |
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| pianist since the age of 6; she worked as a legal secretary for |
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| the firm of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelman, Hoban, and Fuller; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, She is a member in good standing with the |
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| Cordl-Marian Settlement house, the M&M Society, the |
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| Mexican-American Business and Professional Women's Club, and |