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HR0390 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Mary Ann Lelys on
4celebrating 50 years of employment with the Illinois Department
5of Insurance on July 17, 2017; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys began her career at the Illinois
7Department of Insurance in Springfield on July 17, 1967,
8shortly after graduating from Springfield High School; and
 
9    WHEREAS, During Mary Ann Lelys' initial interview with
10Frances Martin, he told her that she needed experience to
11assume the secretarial position he was seeking to fill; she
12replied, "How will I ever get experience if you don't give me
13an opportunity by hiring me?" and the next day he called to
14offer her the position; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Since July of 1967, Mary Ann Lelys has served in
16numerous clerical support capacities within the department;
17currently she is an administrative assistant in the
18department's legal division; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys has served under 10 governors,
20beginning with Governor Otto Kerner to Governor Bruce Rauner;
21she has served under 25 department directors, from John Bolton

 

 

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1Jr. to Director Jennifer Walch Hammer; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys has always enjoyed her employment
3with the Department and particularly appreciates Frances
4Martin for giving her the chance back in 1967 to have a
5lifelong career with the Illinois Department of Insurance; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys is a member of the Springfield
7Orchid Society, the Sangamon County Historical Society, the
8Lithuanian-American Club of Springfield, and the Illinois
9Audubon Society; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys enjoys gardening, sunbathing, and
11taking care of her Cockatoo and African Grey Parrots; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys has been married to Michael for 47
13years, who is the Director of the Oak Ridge Cemetery in
14Springfield; they have one son, Christopher, who also works for
15the Illinois Department of Insurance; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
17HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18congratulate Mary Ann Lelys on celebrating 50 years of
19employment with the Illinois Department of Insurance; and be it
20further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to Mary Ann Lelys as an expression of our esteem and
3respect.