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HR0102 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Chester Grzybowski on the
4occasion of his 105th birthday on June 27, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Chester Grzybowski was born on June 27, 1911; he
6grew up on Chicago's South Side in the Back of the Yards
7neighborhood; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Chester Grzybowski worked in the Civilian
9Conservation Corps during the Great Depression, building roads
10and lodges throughout the United States; during World War II,
11he served with the United States Army in the South Pacific; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Chester Grzybowski is considered by his family and
13friends to be a master storyteller who enjoys sharing his
14perceptions about history, culture, and life; he also enjoys
15reading, music, visiting with his friends at his many senior
16clubs, and traveling with his family and friends; he is an avid
17sportsman and loves fishing and rooting on the Chicago White
18Sox and Bears; in his younger days, he was a ballroom dancer
19and still collects old recordings and memorabilia from the Big
20Band era; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Chester Grzybowski married Josephine, whom he met

 

 

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1dancing in a ballroom, in the early 1940s, and they had a
2daughter, Carol-Anne; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Chester Grzybowski has been witness to much
4history throughout the years but has always kept his love of
5humanity and his spirited optimism; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Chester Grzybowski's secret to living a long life
7is to stay active, eat light, and drink a glass of wine each
8day; therefore, be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
10HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11congratulate Chester Grzybowski on his 105th birthday and we
12wish him many more wonderful years; and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14presented to Chester Grzybowski as a symbol of our respect and
15esteem.