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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Myrtle Gerberding 
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of Elgin on the occasion of her 100th birthday, November 28, 
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2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Myrtle Spiegler Gerberding was born on November 
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28, 1909, in Elgin, the daughter of Frank and Martha (Nolting) 
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Spiegler; she married Carl E. Gerberding in 1976;

Carl brought 
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Myrtle two children from a previous marriage, Lois Bendick of 
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Elgin and Bob Gerberding of Carol Stream, and they gave her 
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eight grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and 11 
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great-great grandchildren (with one on the way) who all know 
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her as Grandma; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Myrtle was employed by the Home National Bank of 
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Elgin and by the City of Elgin for 34 years, where she served 
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as the first female City Clerk of Elgin from 1955 to 1967; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She designed the flag of the City of Elgin and 
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wrote and illustrated publications on Municipal Services; she 
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was an officer of the Illinois Society of Municipal Clerks;


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Myrtle served on a Statewide committee in the creation of the 
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Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund and was a local 
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representative of the fund; and she was a Cooperative Observer 
 


 






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for the National Weather Service for 10 years; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Myrtle was valedictorian of the graduating class 
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of 1927 at Elgin High School; she was a member of the Faith 
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United Methodist Church and is now a member of First United 
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Methodist Church; she has been a member of United Methodist 
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Women, Church Women United, the White Collar Girls, Altrusa, 
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the Elgin Historical Society, and the YWCA, serving on the YWCA 
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Board of Directors, the Advisory Board, and the Advisory Board 
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of the Endowment Fund; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, In 1969 Altrusa named her Woman of the Year; in 
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1993 the YWCA awarded her the Life Achievement Award, after 
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which the Elgin YWCA created the annual Myrtle Spiegler 
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Gerberding Award for public service; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Myrtle Gerberding on this momentous occasion and 
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wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it 
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further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Myrtle Gerberding as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.