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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 honor Norma Everett on over 50 |
4 | | years as a member of Republican women's clubs; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Norma Everett grew up in Cyahoga Falls, Ohio, the |
6 | | older sister to a younger brother and sister; she took piano |
7 | | lessons, tap-dancing lessons, learned to play the ukulele, and |
8 | | won a local spelling-bee contest in high school; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Norma Everett married Tom Everett, who was in the |
10 | | United States Navy and served during World War II; they spent |
11 | | time living in Puerto Rico and the states of Washington, Ohio, |
12 | | Indiana, New York, Nebraska, and eventually Illinois; Norma and |
13 | | her husband had 2 sons, 2 daughters, grandchildren, and a |
14 | | great-granddaughter; and
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15 | | WHEREAS, Norma Everett has been working with Republican |
16 | | women's groups since 1963; her family moved to Lombard in the |
17 | | mid-1960s and she became active in the Lombard Republican |
18 | | Women's Club, serving as its President in 1973; she served |
19 | | standing and special committee chairs, as an election judge, |
20 | | and has attended several National Federation of Republican |
21 | | Women and International Federation of Republican Women |
22 | | conventions; she helped write a Pink Elephant Republican |