Full Text of HR1096 94th General Assembly
HR1096 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Bilek was always involved in the community; | 27 |
| she enjoyed jury duty and was proud to serve; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Bilek and her husband had no children, but |
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| 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
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| 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
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to Mrs. Bilek as an expression of our respect and | 10 |
| esteem.
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