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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND CONGRATULATE CATHERINE BERNADINE DOUGHERTY SHEEHAN'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Bern Sheehan will soon celebrate her 100th Birthday; and
WHEREAS, Bern was born on September 3, 1924, and was the second of six children of Michael and Alice (Bartlett) Dougherty; and
WHEREAS, Bern married John (Bud) Sheehan on May 31, 1947, at Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Chicago, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Bern and her husband Bud raised six children, the late Michael, Patrick (Teresa), Peggy (Jim) Griffin, Jack (Colleen), Kevin, and Terry (Nancy); and
WHEREAS, Bern is the loving grandmother of Kevin, Katie (Tom) Ludwig, Jimmy (Jackie), Patick (Marissa) Griffin, Michael (Kelly), Kimberlee, Kaitlyn, and Tara Sheehan; and
WHEREAS, Bern is the adored great grandmother to Ryan, Jack and Ella Ludwig, Juliana, Jimmy, Penelope and Isla Griffin, and Michael Sheehan; and
WHEREAS, Bern still resides at her current address in Bridgeport since 1958. Bern spends her time knitting and crocheting, doing her word search and soduku puzzles as well as the 175 paint by number pictures; and
WHEREAS, Bern is a longtime member of several senior clubs including the 9th District, Armour Square, Taylor Lauridsen, and St. Anthony; and
WHEREAS Bern has witnessed monumental events over the course of her lifetime such as: World War I, Russian Revolution, 1917, First Commercial Radio Station, 1920, Era of Depression, 1929-1939, Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, World War II, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953, Russian Sputnik, 1957, President Kennedy Assassination, November 1963, First Moon Landing July 20, 1969, Vietnam War, 1965-1973, the dawn of the computer age, and the new Millennium; and
WHEREAS Bern Sheehan will celebrate her 100th Birthday with a reception of family and friends at the De La Salle Institute in Chicago, Illinois on August 24, 2024; now therefore
BE IT R...
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