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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Julia J. Halpin of Kempton
4on the occasion of her 100th birthday on August 16, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Julia Halpin was born to Croatian immigrants,
6George and Cenka Hibler, on August 16, 1916, the third of ten
7children; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Julia Halpin grew up on a farm near Reddick; she
9married the late William W. Halpin on February 12, 1938; on
10March 1 of the same year, they moved into the house on the
11Weber family farm, her husband's grandfather's farm near
12Kempton, where she still resides today; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Julia Halpin had five children, the late Judy
14(George) Ruwe, Shirley (Dave) Seyfried, Alice Halpin, Bill
15(Marsha) Halpin, and George (Marge) Halpin; she has ten
16grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Four of Julia Halpin's siblings are still living,
18three of whom will be celebrating with her; her sons, Bill and
19George, still farm the family land where Julia resides, as well
20as other land in north Central Illinois; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3congratulate Julia J. Halpin on her 100th birthday, and we wish
4her many more wonderful years; and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to Julia J. Halpin as an expression of our esteem and
7respect.