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90_HR0280

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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION
 2        WHEREAS, The Illinois House of  Representatives  wish  to
 3    congratulate  Nathel  Elmina  Lauridsen  on her 85th birthday
 4    celebration; and
 5        WHEREAS,  Nathel  Elmina  Lauridsen  was  born  in  Enid,
 6    Oklahoma, on November 26, 1912; her parents were  Robert  and
 7    Leona  Holland; Nathel was the oldest girl of eight children;
 8    when she was three years  old,  Nathel  traveled  by  covered
 9    wagon  to  her  grandparents homestead in Eminence, Missouri;
10    and
11        WHEREAS,  Nathel  Lauridsen  attended  schools  in  Enid,
12    Oklahoma;  she  moved  to  Morris,  Illinois  to  work  as  a
13    housekeeper and married Emil  Lauridsen  on  March  3,  1934;
14    together,  they  moved  to Chicago's southside to find better
15    employment; for over thirty years, Nathel worked  in  factory
16    jobs; and
17        WHEREAS,  Nathel  Lauridsen moved to Braidwood, Illinois,
18    in 1976, where she is spending her retirement years; she is a
19    charter member of the Braidwood Lioness Club, where  she  has
20    been  active for fifteen years; Nathel also volunteers at the
21    Kerri Lyons Child Care Center as an adopted grandmother; and
22        WHEREAS,  Nathel  Lauridsen  is  the  mother   of   three
23    children,  grandmother to four; and great-grandmother to six;
24    she has always given others a home when they needed  a  place
25    to stay throughout her long life; therefore, be it
26        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
27    NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that  we
28    congratulate  Nathel  Lauridsen on her special day; and be it
29    further
30        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
31    presented   to  Nathel  Lauridsen,  along  with  our  sincere
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 1    congratulations.

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