Full Text of HR1418 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Mary Sweadner on | 4 | | her 100th birthday; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary was born on September 30th, 1910 in the small | 6 | | town of Lynd, Minnesota; she was the second of six children | 7 | | welcomed by Frederick and Mabel Vanstrom; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Winona State Teachers | 9 | | College, Mary began working at the local Montgomery Wards | 10 | | store, earning a good salary and sending money home to help | 11 | | with the younger kids; it was the Great Depression, and she | 12 | | would often have a 5-cent Coke for breakfast, cheaper than | 13 | | orange juice;
Wards later sent Mary to their stores throughout | 14 | | Minnesota and the Dakotas when she discovered an accounting | 15 | | error; Mary was then sent to the company headquarters in | 16 | | Chicago, where she worked in "Standard Procedures"; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, She fell in love with the City of Chicago; she | 18 | | loved going to the Art Institute, and has been a long-time | 19 | | member; she met the new guy in the finance department at Wards, | 20 | | Richard Sweadner, they had a whirlwind courtship, and were | 21 | | married on August 2, 1946; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dick and Mary welcomed daughter, Sandra, then two | 2 | | years later, Nancy; life changed again when Dick passed away | 3 | | from heart surgery in 1960;
Mary returned to work in 1961; she | 4 | | worked at The First National Bank of Lincolnwood; working at | 5 | | the bank in Lincolnwood was something Mary really loved; she | 6 | | was the Assistant Cashier and an officer when she retired in | 7 | | 1985; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mary is blessed to have such a close and loving | 9 | | family: her daughters, Sandi and Nancy; their husbands, Keith | 10 | | and Bill; her grandchildren, Allison(Zach), Becky(Dan), Amy, | 11 | | Krista, Cassie, and Michael(Anne); her great-grandson, Dillon | 12 | | and two more on the way; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | congratulate Mary Sweadner on her 100th birthday and wish her | 16 | | continued happiness and good health; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Mary Sweadner as a symbol of our respect and | 19 | | esteem.
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