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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Patricia
4Gabrielson on her retirement as Troy Township Assessor; and
 
5    WHEREAS, After 36 years of service to the residents of Troy
6Township, Assessor Patricia A. Gabrielson retired on March 31,
72012; her history with the Township goes back to the 1960s,
8when her late husband, Paul Barnes, was Township Assessor; from
91962 to 1968, the office of the Assessor was in their home and
10she worked part-time calculating the assessments and working
11with both the taxpayers and county officials; and
 
12    WHEREAS, In 1982, then Assessor Frank Marco hired her to
13work for the Township as an employee of the Assessor's office;
14upon his passing in 1983, Clarence Balla became Assessor and
15she continued her work with the Assessor's office until 1995,
16when she was appointed as the Assessor upon Mr. Balla's
17retirement; and
 
18    WHEREAS, She went on to be elected as the Troy Township
19Assessor for a total of 4 more terms; in 1990, she achieved her
20CIAO Designation (Certified Illinois Assessing Official) and,
21in 1995, achieved the CIAO-I (Intermediate) Designation; at the
22time she received the CIAO-I Designation, she was one of only 5

 

 

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1individuals in all of Will County to achieve this level; and
 
2    WHEREAS, In the fall of 1996, she helped to create and
3implement the Township Communicator, the semi-annual
4newsletter mailed to all residents of Troy Township, as well as
5starting the Troy Township website; and
 
6    WHEREAS, She is a lifelong resident of Troy Township; she
7is married to Gerry Gabrielson and they have 4 children and 5
8grandchildren; she is a 50-year member of the Troy Fire
9Department Ladies Auxiliary and is also a Past President of the
10Auxiliary; therefore, be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13we congratulate Patricia Gabrielson on her retirement and wish
14her well in her future endeavors; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to Patricia Gabrielson as a symbol of our respect and
17esteem.