Full Text of HR0770 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Verdell (Brockmeier) | 4 | | Unverfehrt on the occasion of her 90th birthday; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt was born in Venedy on May 27, | 6 | | 1934; she attended grade school at Klasing and Ebenezer, both | 7 | | of which were one room schoolhouses; she graduated from | 8 | | Okawville High School in 1952, the first girl among her | 9 | | siblings to attend high school; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt worked at Old Exchange | 11 | | National Bank in Okawville after graduating high school until | 12 | | she married Alfred Unverfehrt in 1955, when she became a | 13 | | full-time farm wife; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt worked as a full partner with | 15 | | her husband in establishing their grain, dairy, and livestock | 16 | | farm, which is now Ven Oka Farms Inc.; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt had a total of four children, | 18 | | Jim, who now operates the family farm in Okawville, Dave, who | 19 | | lives in Florida, Karen, who lives in Nashville with her | 20 | | husband Dave, and Julie, who lives in Carlyle with her | 21 | | husband, Ken; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt still resides on the farm in a | 2 | | house that she and her husband built, where she can be found | 3 | | pulling weeds in her flower garden, sewing apparel and loose | 4 | | buttons for her family and friends, and cooking her famous | 5 | | dishes; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt particularly enjoys attending | 7 | | church, spending time with her children, nine grandchildren, | 8 | | and four great-grandchildren, and observing the bustling farm | 9 | | life from her kitchen window; therefore, be it | 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we congratulate Verdell Unverfehrt on the occasion of her 90th | 13 | | birthday; and be it further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Verdell Unverfehrt as a token of our esteem and | 16 | | respect. |
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