HR0653 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dolores E. Bell on her 90th birthday, December 4, 2009; and

WHEREAS, Dolores E. Mancilla was born on December 4, 1919 in Wichita, Kansas; her father was from Mexico and her mother was of Irish descent and from Oklahoma; she lived in Oklahoma and West Chicago as a child and also lived with her father, her sister, and her two brothers in the Eola boxcars when her father came to Aurora to work for the Burlington railroad; and

WHEREAS, She attended Oak Park grade school, East Aurora High School, and Waubonsee Community College in her 60s, where she took classes in auto mechanics, dancing, and piano; and

WHEREAS, She proudly flies the American Flag in front of her home at Kane and East Avenue, where she has lived for almost 60 years; and

WHEREAS, During World War II she worked for the war effort packing parachutes for parachute flares in Montgomery; she worked in soap processing at Armour Dial and retired in 1986; and

WHEREAS, Dolores was married to John A. Bell, the love of her life, until his passing in 1982; she is the mother of 9, the grandmother of 33 grandchildren and step-grandchildren, and the great-grandmother of 10; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Dolores Bell on this momentous occasion and wish her good health and happiness for years to come; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Dolores Bell as a symbol of our respect and esteem.