Bill Text: IL HR0747 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Myrtle Gerberding of Elgin on her 100th birthday, November 28, 2009.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-01-12 - Resolution Adopted [HR0747 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0747-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Myrtle Gerberding | ||||||
| 4 | of Elgin on the occasion of her 100th birthday, November 28, | ||||||
| 5 | 2009; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Myrtle Spiegler Gerberding was born on November | ||||||
| 7 | 28, 1909, in Elgin, the daughter of Frank and Martha (Nolting) | ||||||
| 8 | Spiegler; she married Carl E. Gerberding in 1976;
Carl brought | ||||||
| 9 | Myrtle two children from a previous marriage, Lois Bendick of | ||||||
| 10 | Elgin and Bob Gerberding of Carol Stream, and they gave her | ||||||
| 11 | eight grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and 11 | ||||||
| 12 | great-great grandchildren (with one on the way) who all know | ||||||
| 13 | her as Grandma; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Myrtle was employed by the Home National Bank of | ||||||
| 15 | Elgin and by the City of Elgin for 34 years, where she served | ||||||
| 16 | as the first female City Clerk of Elgin from 1955 to 1967; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, She designed the flag of the City of Elgin and | ||||||
| 18 | wrote and illustrated publications on Municipal Services; she | ||||||
| 19 | was an officer of the Illinois Society of Municipal Clerks;
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| 20 | Myrtle served on a Statewide committee in the creation of the | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund and was a local | ||||||
| 22 | representative of the fund; and she was a Cooperative Observer | ||||||
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| 1 | for the National Weather Service for 10 years; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Myrtle was valedictorian of the graduating class | ||||||
| 3 | of 1927 at Elgin High School; she was a member of the Faith | ||||||
| 4 | United Methodist Church and is now a member of First United | ||||||
| 5 | Methodist Church; she has been a member of United Methodist | ||||||
| 6 | Women, Church Women United, the White Collar Girls, Altrusa, | ||||||
| 7 | the Elgin Historical Society, and the YWCA, serving on the YWCA | ||||||
| 8 | Board of Directors, the Advisory Board, and the Advisory Board | ||||||
| 9 | of the Endowment Fund; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, In 1969 Altrusa named her Woman of the Year; in | ||||||
| 11 | 1993 the YWCA awarded her the Life Achievement Award, after | ||||||
| 12 | which the Elgin YWCA created the annual Myrtle Spiegler | ||||||
| 13 | Gerberding Award for public service; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 16 | congratulate Myrtle Gerberding on this momentous occasion and | ||||||
| 17 | wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Myrtle Gerberding as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 21 | esteem.
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