Full Text of HR0642 095th General Assembly
HR0642 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ethard Lee on the | 4 |
| occasion of his 100th birthday on June 16, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Ethard Lee was born on June 16, 2907 at Cook | 6 |
| County Hospital in Chicago, where his father was an intern at | 7 |
| the time; he and his family moved to southern Illinois' coal | 8 |
| mining district, where they lived there for 1 1/2 years; then | 9 |
| the family moved to Michigan near Kalamazoo for 2 years, where | 10 |
| he entered his "chart" grade; this was followed by moves to | 11 |
| Gran View, where his sister, Helen, was born, and Casey, where | 12 |
| he started the 2nd grade and immediately fell in love with his | 13 |
| teacher; he went through grade school and high school in Casey, | 14 |
| graduating from high school in 1926; he attended college in a | 15 |
| few places, ending up at the University of Illinois, where he | 16 |
| graduated with a bachelor's degree in education in 1933; and
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| WHEREAS, Ethard Lee spent 2 years teaching and coaching | 18 |
| basketball in Casey, then went to graduate school at the | 19 |
| University of Iowa, receiving a M.S.E. with an emphasis in | 20 |
| Physical Education and Health in 1937; he spent the next few | 21 |
| years teaching and coaching basketball in Casey, Zainesfield, | 22 |
| Ohio and Chilicothe, Ohio; he then entered the Chicago Teachers | 23 |
| College, where he attended for one year and graduated on June |
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| 1, 1940; he went on to teach history in the Chicago public | 2 |
| schools; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1942, Ethard Lee enlisted in the General Tunney | 4 |
| Fitness Club in the United States Navy, a 12-week program in | 5 |
| Norfolk, Virginia; he graduated as a Chief Specialist with a | 6 |
| Boatsman rating; he went through officers training and was | 7 |
| commissioned as a Junior Lieutenant, becoming First Lieutenant | 8 |
| within 2 years; he was rescued from participating in the Second | 9 |
| World War by a former teacher from Chicago Teachers College and | 10 |
| was sent to work in the school system at Great Lakes, where he | 11 |
| worked with sailors on their fitness and saw them to and from | 12 |
| San Diego-Treasure Island by train; he decided to leave the | 13 |
| Navy after a four year enlistment; and
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| WHEREAS, Ethard Lee married Olga Blomberg on May 1, 1946 | 15 |
| and returned to Chicago to teach; in the early 1950's Ethard | 16 |
| and his wife moved to Bloomington, where he was in sales with | 17 |
| Gill Bores Equipment Company out of Chicago; they moved to | 18 |
| Quincy in 1959, where Ethard continued his work in sales of | 19 |
| heavy equipment for the Illinois Road Equipment Company; he | 20 |
| began working for Investors Diversified Services as a | 21 |
| Broker/Investment consultant soon after, retiring in the mid | 22 |
| 1970's after 15 years of service; Olga passed away in March | 23 |
| 1969; and
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| WHEREAS, Ethard Lee retired after working for Investors | 2 |
| Diversified for 15 years in the Mid 1970's; he met Neva in | 3 |
| November 1969, right after her move to Quincy; the first time | 4 |
| they met he asked her to dinner, and she said yes; they were | 5 |
| married on March 21, 1981, with Ethard becoming a husband, | 6 |
| father, and grandfather, all at once; he became a | 7 |
| great-grandfather in September 1994, and has since gained 5 | 8 |
| more great-grandchildren, for a grand total of 6; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Ethard Lee has been active his entire life; he has | 10 |
| had a lifetime interest in tennis, baseball, golf, and | 11 |
| basketball, whether as a participant, teacher, or spectator; he | 12 |
| played his last round of golf at age 94; and he is an avid White | 13 |
| Sox and Illini fan; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
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| congratulate Ethard Lee on celebrating this momentous
birthday | 17 |
| and wish him good health and happiness in the future; and be it | 18 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Ethard Lee as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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