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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Cecelia Cukla Olejniczak | ||||||
| 4 | on the occasion of her 90th birthday; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Cecelia Olejniczak was born in Chicago on August | ||||||
| 6 | 15, 1925 to Joseph and Julia Cukla; she attended St. Joseph's | ||||||
| 7 | Grammar School and Resurrection High School, where she | ||||||
| 8 | performed a piano concert to raise money for the Red Cross to | ||||||
| 9 | help troops during World War
II and won a contest for her vocal | ||||||
| 10 | talents; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, After graduation from high school, Cecelia | ||||||
| 12 | Olejniczak continued entertaining with many well-known
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| 13 | orchestras in the Chicagoland area; she also worked in the | ||||||
| 14 | family bakery, which was known as the Original Tasty
Bakery in | ||||||
| 15 | Chicago; she began attending college in 1944 to work on a | ||||||
| 16 | musical degree; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, At her mother's request, Cecelia Olejniczak wrote | ||||||
| 18 | letters to Joseph Olejniczak, a soldier in World War II, and 2 | ||||||
| 19 | years later in 1946, they married; they moved to Oak Lawn in | ||||||
| 20 | 1950, where they raised their 9 children; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Cecelia Olejniczak became an active parishioner | ||||||
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| 1 | at St. Gerald Church, where she was part of the choir and a
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| 2 | substitute organist; in 1952, she became the full-time organist | ||||||
| 3 | at St. Gerald and St. Albert the Great; she also taught piano | ||||||
| 4 | and the organ and gave vocal lessons in her home throughout her | ||||||
| 5 | 90 years; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Cecelia Olejniczak was at one time the Musical | ||||||
| 7 | Director of St. Gerald Church and President of the St. Gerald
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| 8 | Altar and Rosary Society; she earned a Certificate in Church | ||||||
| 9 | Liturgy and an Associate Degree in Church Music from St.
Joseph | ||||||
| 10 | College in Indiana during the 1980s; in 1992, she earned her | ||||||
| 11 | Bachelor of Arts in Music from St. Xavier's
University in | ||||||
| 12 | Chicago; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Cecelia Olejniczak received a Lifetime | ||||||
| 14 | Achievement Award in 2009 for over 50 years of serving as Music | ||||||
| 15 | Director at St.
Gerald Church; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Cecelia Olejniczak crochets baby blankets for | ||||||
| 17 | newborn babies and hats for cancer patients at Advocate Christ
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| 18 | Medical Center; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Cecelia Olejniczak is the proud mother of 9; | ||||||
| 20 | grandmother of 24; and great-grandmother of 27; therefore, be | ||||||
| 21 | it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | that we congratulate Cecelia Cukla Olejniczak on her 90th | ||||||
| 4 | birthday and we wish her many more wonderful years; and be it | ||||||
| 5 | further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Cecelia Olejniczak as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
| 8 | and respect.
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