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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ernestine Irene
4 Martinez on her eightieth birthday, December 15, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on December 15, 1927 to Maria and
6 Jose Martinez; she graduated from Thomas Jefferson Grade School
7 and Farragut High School in Chicago; and
 
8     WHEREAS, In May of 1954 she married Joseph Mendoza and was
9 widowed in 1971; from this union were born Elizabeth Yolanda
10 and David Thomas Mendoza; she married Eloy Herrera in 1981 and
11 was widowed in 1992; and
 
12     WHEREAS, She is the proud grandmother of Thomas David
13 Mendoza and Jennifer Marie Mendoza; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Ernestine Martinez has been an accomplished
15 pianist since the age of 6; she worked as a legal secretary for
16 the firm of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelman, Hoban, and Fuller;
17 and
 
18     WHEREAS, She is a member in good standing with the
19 Cordl-Marian Settlement house, the M&M Society, the
20 Mexican-American Business and Professional Women's Club, and

 

 

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1 the Girl Scouts of Chicago; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 congratulate Ernestine Martinez on this occasion and wish her
5 the best in the future; and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Ernestine Martinez as a symbol of our respect.