Full Text of HR0533 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Kathryn Altadonna Kueper | 4 | | on the occasion of her 100th birthday; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Kueper was born at home in Sandoval to | 6 | | Sicilian immigrants Frank and Rosilia Altadonna on October 10, | 7 | | 1919; the eighth of nine children, she graduated from high | 8 | | school in 1935; she married Ralph Kueper in 1941; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Kueper began working at her father's Red & | 10 | | White grocery store, the precursor to the small chain of | 11 | | Altadonna IGAs, after graduating from high school; she and her | 12 | | husband then owned, along with other family members, Kueper's | 13 | | Tavern in Carlyle; after the death of her husband in 1955, she | 14 | | raised her three children, Tom, Rosie, and Paul, on her own; | 15 | | she tended bar before selling her interest in the tavern; she | 16 | | worked at City Hall and then, for nearly 30 years, at the | 17 | | office of Dr. DuComb; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, After retiring, Kathryn Kueper helped her | 19 | | daughter, Rosie, at the Corner Deli Rosie owned for ten years; | 20 | | she has enjoyed traveling and has visited Italy, Germany, | 21 | | Hawaii, the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, New Orleans, | 22 | | Niagara Falls, California, and New York; she has used her |
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| 1 | | creative skills to make a quilt for each of her ten | 2 | | grandchildren and crochet afghans and dishcloths; when she is | 3 | | not reading, she plays cards or Yahtzee, listens to Frank | 4 | | Sinatra, and spends time with family; she lives independently | 5 | | and spends afternoons on the front porch, as family and friends | 6 | | visit daily for coffee, cards, and conversation; therefore, be | 7 | | it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we congratulate Kathryn Altadonna Kueper on the occasion of her | 11 | | 100th birthday on October 10, 2019; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Kathryn Kueper as an expression of our esteem and | 14 | | respect.
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