Full Text of HR1139 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to celebrate milestones in the | 4 | | lives of citizens of the State of Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Acacio Luz was born on September 3, 1932 | 6 | | in San Francisco, California, to Roque Acacio and Dorothy | 7 | | Tokowitz; she had 7 brothers and sisters, Stephen, Clarence, | 8 | | Jenny, Elaine, Kelly, Jackie, and Siso; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, She left California as an infant and was raised in | 10 | | Vintar, Ilocos Norte, Philippines; she was a little girl during | 11 | | the Japanese invasion of the Philippines; she graduated from | 12 | | Far Eastern University in the Philippines in 1955 with a | 13 | | Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics; she later became | 14 | | a home economics teacher; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn met Venancio Luna Luz when she was 18 and | 16 | | he was 19; Venancio graduated at the University of the | 17 | | Philippines with an engineering degree; Venancio, whose plan | 18 | | was to attend MIT for his masters in hydroelectric engineering, | 19 | | found his perfect match with a former beauty queen; Marilyn and | 20 | | Venancio were married on December 3, 1956; Marilyn's marriage | 21 | | to Venancio was a happy one; the 2 were each other's best | 22 | | friend; after his passing, she left the Philippines and moved |
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| 1 | | with her children to the United States; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, She worked for Avon for 20 years and worked to put | 3 | | her children through college; she loves to shop for fabric to | 4 | | make clothes; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, She will celebrate her birthday with her children, | 6 | | Venancio Jr. (Venjie), Dorothy (Dottie), Venancio III | 7 | | (Vencie), Germaine (Gemma), and Apolinar (Paul); and her | 8 | | grandchildren, Pasquale, Andres, Alexis, Jennifer, Stephanie, | 9 | | Colin, Alyssa, Krista, Raynaldo, Charlie, and Jorey; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Her 80th birthday will be celebrated on July 14, | 11 | | 2012, with family and friends at the Stonegate Centre in | 12 | | Hoffman Estates; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we congratulate Marilyn Luz on her 80th birthday and wish her | 16 | | all the best for the future; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Marilyn Acacio Luz as a symbol of our respect and | 19 | | esteem.
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