Full Text of HR0390 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate
Mary Ann Lelys on | 4 | | celebrating 50 years of employment with the Illinois Department | 5 | | of Insurance on July 17, 2017; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys began her career at the Illinois | 7 | | Department of Insurance in Springfield on July 17, 1967, | 8 | | shortly after graduating from Springfield High School; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, During Mary Ann Lelys' initial interview with | 10 | | Frances Martin, he told her that she needed experience to | 11 | | assume the secretarial position he was seeking to fill; she | 12 | | replied, "How will I ever get experience if you don't give me | 13 | | an opportunity by hiring me?" and the next day he called to | 14 | | offer her the position; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Since July of 1967, Mary Ann Lelys has served in | 16 | | numerous clerical support capacities within the department; | 17 | | currently she is an administrative assistant in the | 18 | | department's legal division; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys has served under 10 governors, | 20 | | beginning with Governor Otto Kerner to Governor Bruce Rauner; | 21 | | she has served under 25 department directors, from John Bolton |
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| 1 | | Jr. to Director Jennifer Walch Hammer; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys has always enjoyed her employment | 3 | | with the Department and particularly appreciates Frances | 4 | | Martin for giving her the chance back in 1967 to have a | 5 | | lifelong career with the Illinois Department of Insurance; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys is a member of the Springfield | 7 | | Orchid Society, the Sangamon County Historical Society, the | 8 | | Lithuanian-American Club of Springfield, and the Illinois | 9 | | Audubon Society; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys enjoys gardening, sunbathing, and | 11 | | taking care of her Cockatoo and African Grey Parrots; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Lelys has been married to Michael for 47 | 13 | | years, who is the Director of the Oak Ridge Cemetery in | 14 | | Springfield; they have one son, Christopher, who also works for | 15 | | the Illinois Department of Insurance; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | congratulate Mary Ann Lelys on celebrating 50 years of | 19 | | employment with the Illinois Department of Insurance; and be it | 20 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 2 | | presented to Mary Ann Lelys as an expression of our esteem and
| 3 | | respect.
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