Full Text of HR0747 96th General Assembly
HR0747 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Myrtle Gerberding | 4 |
| of Elgin on the occasion of her 100th birthday, November 28, | 5 |
| 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Myrtle Spiegler Gerberding was born on November | 7 |
| 28, 1909, in Elgin, the daughter of Frank and Martha (Nolting) | 8 |
| Spiegler; she married Carl E. Gerberding in 1976;
Carl brought | 9 |
| Myrtle two children from a previous marriage, Lois Bendick of | 10 |
| Elgin and Bob Gerberding of Carol Stream, and they gave her | 11 |
| eight grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and 11 | 12 |
| great-great grandchildren (with one on the way) who all know | 13 |
| her as Grandma; and
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| WHEREAS, Myrtle was employed by the Home National Bank of | 15 |
| Elgin and by the City of Elgin for 34 years, where she served | 16 |
| 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 | 18 |
| wrote and illustrated publications on Municipal Services; she | 19 |
| 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 | 21 |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund and was a local | 22 |
| 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 | 3 |
| of 1927 at Elgin High School; she was a member of the Faith | 4 |
| United Methodist Church and is now a member of First United | 5 |
| Methodist Church; she has been a member of United Methodist | 6 |
| Women, Church Women United, the White Collar Girls, Altrusa, | 7 |
| the Elgin Historical Society, and the YWCA, serving on the YWCA | 8 |
| Board of Directors, the Advisory Board, and the Advisory Board | 9 |
| of the Endowment Fund; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1969 Altrusa named her Woman of the Year; in | 11 |
| 1993 the YWCA awarded her the Life Achievement Award, after | 12 |
| which the Elgin YWCA created the annual Myrtle Spiegler | 13 |
| Gerberding Award for public service; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| congratulate Myrtle Gerberding on this momentous occasion and | 17 |
| wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it | 18 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Myrtle Gerberding as a symbol of our respect and | 21 |
| esteem.
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