Full Text of HR1162 95th General Assembly
HR1162 95TH 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 Charlessa Wiggins | 4 |
| of Glen Ellyn on the occasion of her 110th birthday on February | 5 |
| 9, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Named after her father, Charles, Charlessa | 7 |
| Bristol Stark was born in Duluth, Minnesota on February 9, | 8 |
| 1898; she moved with her family to Minneapolis, Minnesota in | 9 |
| 1912; shortly after World War I, she fell in love with John | 10 |
| David Wiggins; they married in 1928; and
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| WHEREAS, Along with raising her sons, Charlessa Wiggins | 12 |
| served as an activist for women's rights; she belonged to | 13 |
| several study groups and traveled extensively; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlessa Wiggins has served as a volunteer for | 15 |
| various groups throughout her adult life; she was a volunteer | 16 |
| for the University of Minnesota International Department in | 17 |
| conjunction with the State Department in Washington D.C. during | 18 |
| the 1950s, where she and others would play host to visitors | 19 |
| from around the world; while working as a volunteer for St. | 20 |
| Mark's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis during the 1950s, she | 21 |
| made an important discovery when she found books and records in | 22 |
| the basement of the diocese that were to be thrown out; these |
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| items turned out to be very significant and valuable historical | 2 |
| records of Bishop Henry B. Whipple, who was elected the first | 3 |
| Episcopal bishop of Minnesota in 1859; and
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| WHEREAS, After the passing of her husband, John, in 1971, | 5 |
| Charlessa Wiggins continued living in Minneapolis until 2004, | 6 |
| when she moved to Wisconsin to be closer to her family; after | 7 |
| her son, David, passed away, she moved to The Meadows in Glen | 8 |
| Ellyn to be closer to her son Peter, where she remains to this | 9 |
| day; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlessa Wiggins wears dresses every day, taking | 11 |
| pride in her meticulous appearance; she loves working crossword | 12 |
| puzzles and reading books; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Charlessa Wiggins' wonderful family includes her | 14 |
| sons, David and Peter, her grandchildren, Peter Wiggins Jr. and | 15 |
| Sheryl Adkins, and her three great-grandchildren and three | 16 |
| great-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| congratulate Charlessa Wiggins on the occasion of her 110th | 20 |
| birthday and wish her many more happy years to come; and be it | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Charlessa Wiggins as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 |
| respect.
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