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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Chester Gzrybowski on the
4occasion of his 105th birthday on June 27, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Chester Gzrybowski 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 Gzrybowski 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 Gzrybowski 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 Gzrybowski 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 Gzrybowski 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 Gzrybowski'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
10NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11congratulate Chester Gzrybowski 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 Gzrybowski as a symbol of our respect and
15esteem.