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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 Bernard (Bernie) | ||||||
4 | L. and Beverly (Bev) J. Thieben on the occasion of their 50th | ||||||
5 | wedding anniversary; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Bernie Thieben was born November 1, 1932, and | ||||||
7 | worked for 37 years at
Caterpillar, Inc., served as supervisor | ||||||
8 | of Medina Township for 36 years, and owned a local auto body | ||||||
9 | shop for 12 years; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Bernie Thieben is also a past president of Peoria | ||||||
11 | County's Township Official Association and was chairman of the | ||||||
12 | Township Officials of Illinois Risk Management Association, a | ||||||
13 | member of the Peoria County Republican Central Committee, Odd | ||||||
14 | Fellows, Lions Club, and an active member of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Scottish Rite Lodge as a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner; he | ||||||
16 | currently is an Elder at La Prairie Presbyterian Church and a | ||||||
17 | board member of the Chillicothe-based Rescue 33 Ambulance | ||||||
18 | Service; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Bev Thieben was born Beverly J. Buskirk on June | ||||||
20 | 19, 1940, and served as an administrative assistant for Medina | ||||||
21 | Township for 25 years, worked at the Peoria County Courthouse | ||||||
22 | in the Election Office for 5 years, operated a beauty salon for |
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1 | 7 years, served many years as a room mother at Mossville Junior | ||||||
2 | High, was a member of the Peoria County Rural Council on Aging | ||||||
3 | Board, and helped co-found the Mossville Softball Summer League | ||||||
4 | in 1972, one of the first in Central Illinois; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Bernie Thieben and Bev Buskirk married April 13, | ||||||
6 | 1963, at the United
Methodist Church in Mossville in a ceremony | ||||||
7 | performed by H. Keith Gaither, Jr. M.G.; and
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8 | WHEREAS, On April 13, 2013, Bernie and Bev Thieben will be | ||||||
9 | joined in celebration by
their children, Denise Thieben, Le Ann | ||||||
10 | and Guy Krulac, Paulette and Jim Korte, James and Betsey West, | ||||||
11 | Scott L. West, Bernard H. Thieben, and Elizabeth McKeever; | ||||||
12 | their grandchildren, Joshua Broughton, Dawn Davis, Nicole | ||||||
13 | Jarvis, Nicholas Thieben, Stephanie West, Christopher Panek, | ||||||
14 | Robert West, Jessica West, Rachael West, Michael Krulac, Jimmy | ||||||
15 | Krulac, Scott C. West, Amy Costa, Tasha McKeever, Kent | ||||||
16 | McKeever, and Rachel Korte; and their great-grandchildren, | ||||||
17 | Jacob Broughton, Dakota Williams, Hunter Jarvis, Bryson | ||||||
18 | Jarvis, Olivia Whitehurst, Logan Thieben, Mason Thieben, | ||||||
19 | Ezekiel Krulac, Kaelyn Krulac, and Christian Jarvis; and will | ||||||
20 | be missing their child, Ricky Thieben, who passed away; | ||||||
21 | therefore, be it
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22 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
23 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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1 | we congratulate Bernie and Bev Thieben on their 50th wedding | ||||||
2 | anniversary and wish them many more happy years together; and | ||||||
3 | be it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | presented to Bernard L. Thieben and Beverly J. Thieben as an | ||||||
6 | expression of our esteem and respect.
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