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LRB093 23879 CSA 53950 r |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Kate Besch was born on September 29, 1904 in |
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| Hungary; when she was three years old, she and her mother, two |
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| brothers, and sister moved to Chicago, where her father had |
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| arrived two years earlier to find work and establish a home; |
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| they lived on the north side of Chicago and moved to 2669 |
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| Orchard Street in 1921; and
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| WHEREAS, That year, Kate married George Bair; they lived in |
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| Canton, Ohio for a year and then returned to Chicago, where she |
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| has lived ever since; she and George lived at the corner of |
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| Wrightwood and Burling for some time, but moved to the family |
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| home on Orchard Street when her mother passed away in 1938; |
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| George worked for the Chicago Police Department, where he came |
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| in contact with infamous figures like John Dillinger and Bugsy |
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| Malone; and
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| WHEREAS, George and Kate had one son, Georgie, who died |
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| tragically in an auto accident at the age of 5 in 1929; Kate's |
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| husband passed away in 1979, but Kate remains in the house that |
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| her parents bought; she is in great health and spirits, is a |
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| joy to her friends and neighbors, and is the much-loved aunt of |
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| Lois Alliger; and
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| WHEREAS, A celebration was held in honor of Kate Bair's |
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| 100th birthday on September 26, 2004 at 4:30 p.m. at Sapori |
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| Trattoria on Halsted and Schubert; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Kate Bair on the occasion of her 100th birthday, |
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| and we extend to her our sincere best wishes for continued good |
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| health and happiness; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |