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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Lillian K. Savage De Pew
4Bennett on the occasion of her 100th birthday on February 24,
52016; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Lillian Savage De Pew Bennett was born on February
724, 1916 in Waukegan; she married Alfred De Pew in 1935 in
8North Chicago; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Lillian Savage De Pew Bennett's youth was spent in
10several homes in Waukegan, including homes on the 800 block of
11Franklin Street, the 900 block of Jackson Street, East 17th
12Street, Victory Street, McAlister Street, Clarke Avenue,
13Clarkson Street, and Victoria Avenue in North Chicago; she
14attended North School, Central School, West School, Whittier
15School, and Waukegan High School; and
 
16    WHEREAS, During her life, Lillian Savage De Pew Bennett has
17seen amazing things, such as the in-home use of electricity and
18the evolution of many inventions, such as the telephone, the
19Internet, the automobile, and the airplane and has seen them
20become a mainstay of the modern world; she has also survived
21the Great Depression, World War II, and managed to raise 2
22children by herself while her husband was deployed overseas

 

 

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1with the United States Merchant Marine; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Lillian Savage De Pew Bennett is well known in her
3community for the sewing clubs she started for all of the girls
4in her neighborhood from the 1940s into the 1980s; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Lillian Savage De Pew Bennett has 4 children,
6David, Marie, Kathy, and Dean; 14 grandchildren; 18
7great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren; she also
8has one living brother, Glenn; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Lillian Savage De Pew Bennett has served as a
10mother, matriarch, mentor, friend, and as a huge inspiration to
11all who have known and loved her and have been the recipients
12of her love and guidance; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Lillian Savage De Pew Bennett will celebrate her
14100th birthday on February 20, 2016 with a celebration at
15Gurnee Community Church in Gurnee; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18congratulate Lillian K. Savage De Pew Bennett on the occasion
19of her 100th birthday and wish her continued success and
20happiness in the future; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to Lillian Savage De Pew Bennett as a symbol of our
3esteem and respect.