Full Text of HR0051 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor Edward Schmit Jr. for his | 4 | | service to the Augustinian Community of St. Rita of Cascia High | 5 | | School in Chicago; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Edward Schmit Jr. has served St. Rita High School | 7 | | in many ways as an alumnus; he has been a Fathers Club officer | 8 | | and on the Executive Fund Raising Committee; he has served on | 9 | | the Board of Advisors since 1985 and after 25 years accepted a | 10 | | Board of Advisors Emeritus position of which there are only 12; | 11 | | he was intricately involved with the acquisition of the new | 12 | | high school facility; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Edward Schmit Jr. has been involved in the larger | 14 | | community outside of St. Rita High School; he served on the | 15 | | board of directors at the Valentine Boys and Girls Club since | 16 | | 1985, the Chicago Association for the Education of Young | 17 | | Children for 2 years, and as president of the Teddy Bear Day | 18 | | Care Centers which he founded in 1973; he saw the Teddy Bear | 19 | | Day Care Centers expand to 6 locations and continues to make | 20 | | sure they are up to date and very well kept and secure; he has | 21 | | seen the Teddy Bear Day Care Centers expand from day care | 22 | | centers to full service early childhood educational program | 23 | | under Schmit family leadership; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Edward Schmit Jr. was born in the Bridgeport area | 2 | | of Chicago on March 30, 1945; he attended St. Anthony of Padua | 3 | | grammar school until 7th grade and in mid-year transferred to | 4 | | St. Simons grammar school where he graduated in 1959; he | 5 | | started at St. Rita of Cascia High School in the fall of 1959 | 6 | | and graduated in the spring of 1963; he was drafted into the | 7 | | U.S. Army in 1965 and served in a highly classified | 8 | | intelligence unit for 6 years before being honorably discharged | 9 | | at the rank of sergeant; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Edward Schmit Jr. is married to Debra Edburg | 11 | | Schmit; they have 5 children together, Heidi Schmit Skokal | 12 | | married to Tony Skokal, Ed Schmit III married to Linda Stiksel | 13 | | Schmit, Heather Schmit, John Schmit married to Maria Moreci | 14 | | Schmit, and Nick Schmit; they have 10 grandchildren, Anthony | 15 | | Jr., Joseph, Vincent, Eddie Schmit IV, Jillian, Peyton, | 16 | | Giovanni, Antonio, Abigail, and Madilyn; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we thank Edward Schmit Jr. for his service to the Augustinian | 20 | | Community of St. Rita of Cascia High School wish him well with | 21 | | all his future endeavours; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Edward Schmit Jr. as an expression of our esteem | 2 | | and respect.
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