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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, May Bilek is turning 101 years old on May 1, 2006;
3 she was born on May 1, 1905, to Christine and Fred; she grew up
4 living in a tenant house next to Cubs Park; and
 
5     WHEREAS, When Mrs. Bilek was a girl, she would come home
6 from school and sneak out to the family garden where she
7 selectively ate the vegetable that her mother was going to cook
8 for supper; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mrs. Bilek loved to go dancing; she still tells
10 stories of how she always wore the wrong shoes and that is why
11 her feet hurt to this day; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Mrs. Bilek met her husband, Frank, when he was a
13 tenant in her family's home; after they were married, they
14 lived with her brother and brother-in-law; she still remembers
15 all of the cooking and cleaning after work at the State Tax
16 Commission and poker night, her favorite night of the week; and
 
17     WHEREAS, When Mrs. Bilek was 44 years old, she and her
18 husband moved to Elgin, where she lived for 44 years; they
19 rented their home from Ethyl and Wilber Dorschner; after Mrs.
20 Bilek and Mrs. Dorschner were widowed, Mrs. Bilek took care of
21 Mrs. Dorschner when she could no longer take care of herself;
22 and
 
23     WHEREAS, Mrs. Bilek was a bingo volunteer at Heritage Manor
24 for 5 years; in 1993, she came to Heritage Manor as a resident;
25 and
 
26     WHEREAS, Mrs. Bilek was always involved in the community;
27 she enjoyed jury duty and was proud to serve; and
 
28     WHEREAS, Mrs. Bilek and her husband had no children, but

 

 

HR1096 - 2 - LRB094 20035 LJB 57578 r

1 Diane Ziros, the daughter of Mrs. Bilek's neighbor and best
2 friend, looked to Mrs. Bilek as a mother and visited her often;
3 therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6 we congratulate May Bilek on the occasion of her 101st birthday
7 and wish her many more years of happiness; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to Mrs. Bilek as an expression of our respect and
10 esteem.