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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Marian Elizabeth Saathoff 
4Pierzynski of Aurora on the occasion of her 100th birthday; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Marian Pierzynski was born in Mount Olive during a 
6snow storm on December 11, 1917; she was the seventh child of 
7Sarah Fremgen and John Saathoff, a coal mine examiner; the coal 
8from
the mine where her father worked is in the coal mine 
9exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago; she 
10had three brothers and six sisters; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Marian Pierzynski graduated  from Mount Olive High 
12School and worked as a waitress at the historic
Ariston Cafe, 
13located in the town of Litchfield on Route 66; when she was in 
14her 20s, she relocated to Chicago and lived with one of her 
15sisters and secured a
clerical position at Florsheim Shoes 
16downtown on Adams and Canal; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, In the 40s, Marian Pierzynski met her husband, 
18Richard Pierzynski, a World War II veteran, at a square dancing 
19club; they were married on July 28, 1952 and lived on the south 
20side of Chicago in the Back of the Yards
neighborhood; she had 
21two children, James Pierzynski and Susan Pierzynski Andrews; 
22and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, When her children were school age, Marian 
2Pierzynski went back to work at Westinghouse Electric in 
3Chicago; upon her
retirement, she relocated to Wheaton with her 
4daughter; in the late 90s,  she  relocated to Aurora to live with 
5her daughter; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Marian Pierzynski was born while the United States 
7was fighting in World War I; she has lived through the Roaring 
8Twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Civil 
9Rights Era; she witnessed man's landing on the moon and 
10countless other historical events; therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
12HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
13congratulate Marian Elizabeth Saathoff Pierzynski on her 100th 
14birthday, and we wish her many more wonderful years; and be it 
15further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to Marian Pierzynski as a symbol of our 
18congratulations.