Bill Text: IL HR0533 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Kathryn Altadonna Kueper on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0533 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HR0533-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate Kathryn Altadonna Kueper
on the occasion of her 100th birthday; and
WHEREAS, Kathryn Kueper was born at home in Sandoval to
Sicilian immigrants Frank and Rosilia Altadonna on October 10,
1919; the eighth of nine children, she graduated from high
school in 1935; she married Ralph Kueper in 1941; and
WHEREAS, Kathryn Kueper began working at her father's Red &
White grocery store, the precursor to the small chain of
Altadonna IGAs, after graduating from high school; she and her
husband then owned, along with other family members, Kueper's
Tavern in Carlyle; after the death of her husband in 1955, she
raised her three children, Tom, Rosie, and Paul, on her own;
she tended bar before selling her interest in the tavern; she
worked at City Hall and then, for nearly 30 years, at the
office of Dr. DuComb; and
WHEREAS, After retiring, Kathryn Kueper helped her
daughter, Rosie, at the Corner Deli Rosie owned for ten years;
she has enjoyed traveling and has visited Italy, Germany,
Hawaii, the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, New Orleans,
Niagara Falls, California, and New York; she has used her

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creative skills to make a quilt for each of her ten
grandchildren and crochet afghans and dishcloths; when she is
not reading, she plays cards or Yahtzee, listens to Frank
Sinatra, and spends time with family; she lives independently
and spends afternoons on the front porch, as family and friends
visit daily for coffee, cards, and conversation; therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate Kathryn Altadonna Kueper on the occasion of her
100th birthday on October 10, 2019; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Kathryn Kueper as an expression of our esteem and
respect.