Full Text of HR0653 96th General Assembly
HR0653 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dolores E. Bell on | 4 |
| her 90th birthday, December 4, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Dolores E. Mancilla was born on December 4, 1919 | 6 |
| in Wichita, Kansas; her father was from Mexico and her mother | 7 |
| was of Irish descent and from Oklahoma; she lived in Oklahoma | 8 |
| and West Chicago as a child and also lived with her father, her | 9 |
| sister, and her two brothers in the Eola boxcars when her | 10 |
| father came to Aurora to work for the Burlington railroad; and
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| WHEREAS, She attended Oak Park grade school, East Aurora | 12 |
| High School, and Waubonsee Community College in her 60s, where | 13 |
| she took classes in auto mechanics, dancing, and piano; and
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| WHEREAS, She proudly flies the American Flag in front of | 15 |
| her home at Kane and East Avenue, where she has lived for | 16 |
| almost 60 years; and
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| WHEREAS, During World War II she worked for the war effort | 18 |
| packing parachutes for parachute flares in Montgomery; she | 19 |
| worked in soap processing at Armour Dial and retired in 1986; | 20 |
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| WHEREAS, Dolores was married to John A. Bell, the love of | 2 |
| her life, until his passing in 1982; she is the mother of 9, | 3 |
| the grandmother of 33 grandchildren and step-grandchildren, | 4 |
| and the great-grandmother of 10; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| congratulate Dolores Bell on this momentous occasion and wish | 8 |
| her good health and happiness for years to come; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Dolores Bell as a symbol of our respect and | 12 |
| esteem.
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