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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to honor Gary and Judy Woll for
4their public service; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Gary and Judy Woll were married in 1962; they will
6celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in December of 2012;
7they have 3 children, Jennifer, Rebecca, and Kim, and 4
8grandchildren; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Gary Woll earned his bachelor's and master's
10degrees from the University of Illinois; he taught history and
11government at Elmwood Park High School from 1961 until 1993,
12when he took early retirement; he continued to substitute teach
13at Elmwood Park High School and Walther Lutheran High School
14until 2008 and taught student teachers at Northeastern Illinois
15University from 2001 to 2009; he was also the Voice of the
16Elmwood Park Tigers from 1963 through 2005 for almost every
17sport; Judy Woll has worked as a nurse for many different
18allergy doctors over the years; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Gary Woll was elected a Maywood village trustee in
201977; after serving in that position for 24 years, he was
21elected again in 2003; he continued serving in that capacity
22until 2009, when he was elected to his current position as

 

 

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1village clerk; he has been a member of the Neighbors of Maywood
2Community Organization for the past 44 years and has served as
3the organization's President and Vice-President; in 1994, he
4joined the Maywood Rotary Club, where he has served as
5president 3 different times; he was the first male member of
6the Proviso League of Women Voters; he has been a member of the
7Maywood Chamber of Commerce for many years and an active member
8of the Proviso Township Democratic Party for about 13 years; he
9also serves on the Chamber Scholarship committee and served on
10the Maywood Fine Arts Board of Directors and the Proviso Senior
11Citizens Board; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Judy Woll has been a member of the Proviso League
13of Women Voters, a member of the Neighbors of Maywood Community
14Organization, since the organization's founding in 1968; she
15has been a member of the Maywood Rotary Club for the past 5
16years; she was also a volunteer at the Proviso Food Pantry; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Gary and Judy Woll have been active members of the
18Oak Park Unitarian Congregation for almost 50 years; Gary and
19Judy have both have served on the church board and Gary has
20served as president of the congregation twice; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Gary and Judy Woll serve as models of hard work,
22integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of
23Illinois; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we honor Gary and Judy Woll for their public service and wish
4them continued success and happiness in the future; and be it
5further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to Gary and Judy Woll as a symbol of our esteem and
8respect.