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92_HR1139

 
                                               LRB9218378HShs

 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, It has come to the attention  of  the  House  of
 3    Representatives  that  Sarah Rowena Glatz recently celebrated
 4    her 100th birthday on November 3, 2002; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mrs. Glatz was born in Perryville,  Missouri  on
 6    November  3,  1902 to Emanual and Philomene Brewer, the first
 7    of nine children; and

 8        WHEREAS, At age 13, she got a job at Famous  in  downtown
 9    St.  Louis  in  the  housewares  department; she worked there
10    until her marriage on April 18, 1922 to John Albert Glatz  at
11    St.  Joseph's  Church  in  Granite  City; they were the first
12    couple to be married there; and

13        WHEREAS, During her marriage, Mrs. Glatz became  a  great
14    seamstress;   during  the  Depression,  she  would  be  given
15    clothing, which she would take apart  and  then  remake  into
16    clothes for her daughters; later, she made crocheted afghans;
17    at age 96, she still could make one in less than a week; and

18        WHEREAS,  Her  children  are  John  Arthur Glatz and Joan
19    Maxine Calhoon; Mary Elaine Baker is  deceased;  she  has  11
20    grandchildren,  3 step-grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren,
21    2 step-great-grandchildren, and 4  great-great-grandchildren;
22    and

23        WHEREAS,  She  has  been a member of St. Bernard's Parish
24    since 1949; she  has  resided  at  Bethalto  Care  Center  in
25    Bethalto since 2000; therefore, be it

26        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
27    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28    we congratulate Sarah Rowena Glatz on  the  occasion  of  her
29    100th birthday; and be it further

30        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 
                            -2-                LRB9218378HShs
 1    presented to Sarah Rowena Glatz with our best wishes.

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