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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Margaret Mary
4"Peggy" Steinway on the occasion of her 90th birthday; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Margaret Steinway was born on March 22, 1923, in
6the City of Chicago and to this day remains a proud native of
7the city and daughter of the State of Illinois; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Margaret Steinway is the daughter of Irish
9immigrants and has always said that, "I might live in other
10places, but I am from Chicago"; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Margaret Steinway attended Laurence Parish School
12along with her brothers, Kevin and Cyril; while excelling in
13the Catholic educational system, her high school years were
14spent at the Loretto Academy in Woodlawn; through diligence and
15hard work, she was granted a scholarship to the prestigious
16Barat College in Lake Forest; and
 
17    WHEREAS, During the years of World War II, Margaret
18Steinway was not content to just attend college; she spent her
19summers off supporting the war effort by working at Automatic
20Electric, a Chicago company which manufactured communications
21equipment for the U.S. Army; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Margaret Steinway graduated from Barat College in
21945; she went to work for the Irish Consulate in Chicago and
3then followed in her father's footsteps by working for the
4Illinois Central Railroad; and
 
5    WHEREAS, In 1949, Margaret Steinway met the
6love-of-her-life, Ralph G. Steinway, an Army veteran that had
7landed in Normandy on D-Day and fought his way across Europe;
8in keeping with the "baby boom" of the 1950s, the Steinways
9bought a house in the St. Bride Parish of South Shore and
10raised 5 children; she was a proud member of the St. Bride
11Mother's Club, volunteering time and raising money for the
12school and its vaunted football and basketball teams; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Margaret Steinway and her husband were proud of
14the diverse careers their children entered into including
15military, business, academic, art, and law enforcement
16careers; she is especially proud of her 7 grandchildren and 2
17great-grandsons currently attending universities; to this day
18she proudly bears the multiple hard-earned titles of mom,
19grandmother, and great-grandmother; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22we congratulate Margaret Steinway on the occasion of her 90th

 

 

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1birthday and wish her many more wonderful years; and be it
2further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to Margaret Steinway as an expression of our esteem
5and respect.