Full Text of HR0735 095th General Assembly
HR0735 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 Estella May | 4 |
| "Coots" Merz on the occasion of her 80th birthday; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz was born to Clarence | 6 |
| Miletus Houston and Nellie May Allington in Springfield, | 7 |
| Illinois on October 4, 1927; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz married William Lee Merz | 9 |
| on December 4, 1948; he passed away on July 29, 1999; she is | 10 |
| the proud mother of three daughters, Nancy, Sandra, and Mary | 11 |
| Ellen, and considers her two Yorkshire Terriers, Missy and | 12 |
| Minnie, to be her children as well; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz worked briefly at the | 14 |
| shoe factory and Springfield Electric, then stayed at home to | 15 |
| raise her three daughters while her husband worked as a sheet | 16 |
| metal worker; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz is known for her sense of | 18 |
| humor; she is also known for her love of movies, especially | 19 |
| horror movies; over the years, she has single-handedly recorded | 20 |
| thousands of hours of movies, including cartoons, science | 21 |
| fiction, mysteries, horror, and others; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz has a love of gizmos and | 2 |
| gadgets, such as her ring watch and the electric can opener | 3 |
| with a built-in clock she bought her daughter Nancy; she keeps | 4 |
| up with new technology and is addicted to her computer, which | 5 |
| she uses frequently to check the news and weather, download | 6 |
| music and videos, and once printed off hundreds of American | 7 |
| flags until she ran out of ink; she also loves her big-screen | 8 |
| television; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz adopted a healthier | 10 |
| lifestyle by walking on the treadmill daily, giving up an | 11 |
| addiction to Pepsi and switching to water, and recently taking | 12 |
| dancing lessons with her sister Norma; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella May "Coots" Merz is the proud grandmother | 14 |
| of Stephen, who is in the Illinois National Guard and recently | 15 |
| served in Iraq, and Shelby, who just received her driver's | 16 |
| license; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| congratulate Estella May "Coots" Merz on the occasion of her | 20 |
| 80th birthday and wish her many more happy and healthy years to | 21 |
| come; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Estella May "Coots" Merz as a symbol of our esteem | 3 |
| and respect.
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