Full Text of HR1191 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Manuel de Jesus Marques | 4 | | Martinez on the occasion of his 90th birthday; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Manuel Martinez was born in Guanajay, Cuba to | 6 | | Candida Martinez and Manuel Marques on August 11, 1928; he was | 7 | | the oldest of five siblings, Jorge, Sergio, Carlos, Antonio, | 8 | | and Rene; always excelling in mathematics, he attended grade | 9 | | school at La Escuela de Saavedra and high school at El | 10 | | Instituto #1 de Havana; he graduated from La Universidad de | 11 | | Havana with a degree in public accounting; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Manuel Martinez married Maria Antonia Fernandez | 13 | | de Garcia on August 8, 1954, and they had two children, Manuel | 14 | | Enrique "Manny" (Cynthia M. Donka) and Maria Antonietta | 15 | | "Marita" (James G. Long); they have six grandchildren, Brittany | 16 | | Amelia, Christopher Manuel, Marisa Alyce, Samantha Maria, | 17 | | James Daniel, and Michael Manuel; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In Cuba, Manuel Martinez worked for La Fabrica de | 19 | | Zapatos de Fefo from 1949 to 1950, U.S. Roberts from 1950 to | 20 | | 1959, and the Ministerio de Hacienda en el Gobierno de Fidel | 21 | | Castro, El Departamente de Impuestos (IRS) from 1959 to 1961; | 22 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Manuel Martinez and his family immigrated to the | 2 | | U.S. in April of 1962; they arrived in Miami and eventually | 3 | | settled in Chicago; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, From 1962 to 1991, Manuel Martinez worked for | 5 | | Fel-Products, Inc. in Illinois; he retired in 1991; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Manuel Martinez and his wife have especially | 7 | | enjoyed spending time with their grandchildren and traveling | 8 | | the world; in 1996, they bought a condo on the beach in | 9 | | Hollywood, Florida and settled there full-time in 2000; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Manuel Martinez taught his children the value of | 11 | | hard work, that teamwork with your spouse is a necessity and an | 12 | | expression of love, and that family is the number one priority | 13 | | in life; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 | | congratulate Manuel de Jesus Marques Martinez on his 90th | 17 | | birthday, and we wish him many more wonderful years; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Manuel Martinez as a symbol of our respect and |
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