Full Text of HR1011 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Patricia | 4 | | Gabrielson on her retirement as Troy Township Assessor; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, After 36 years of service to the residents of Troy | 6 | | Township, Assessor Patricia A. Gabrielson retired on March 31, | 7 | | 2012; her history with the Township goes back to the 1960s, | 8 | | when her late husband, Paul Barnes, was Township Assessor; from | 9 | | 1962 to 1968, the office of the Assessor was in their home and | 10 | | she worked part-time calculating the assessments and working | 11 | | with both the taxpayers and county officials; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1982, then Assessor Frank Marco hired her to | 13 | | work for the Township as an employee of the Assessor's office; | 14 | | upon his passing in 1983, Clarence Balla became Assessor and | 15 | | she continued her work with the Assessor's office until 1995, | 16 | | when she was appointed as the Assessor upon Mr. Balla's | 17 | | retirement; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, She went on to be elected as the Troy Township | 19 | | Assessor for a total of 4 more terms; in 1990, she achieved her | 20 | | CIAO Designation (Certified Illinois Assessing Official) and, | 21 | | in 1995, achieved the CIAO-I (Intermediate) Designation; at the | 22 | | time she received the CIAO-I Designation, she was one of only 5 |
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| 1 | | individuals in all of Will County to achieve this level; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In the fall of 1996, she helped to create and | 3 | | implement the Township Communicator, the semi-annual | 4 | | newsletter mailed to all residents of Troy Township, as well as | 5 | | starting the Troy Township website; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, She is a lifelong resident of Troy Township; she | 7 | | is married to Gerry Gabrielson and they have 4 children and 5 | 8 | | grandchildren; she is a 50-year member of the Troy Fire | 9 | | Department Ladies Auxiliary and is also a Past President of the | 10 | | Auxiliary; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate Patricia Gabrielson on her retirement and wish | 14 | | her well in her future endeavors; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Patricia Gabrielson as a symbol of our respect and | 17 | | esteem.
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