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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE OF ALICE F. FITZGERALD
WHEREAS, despite life's ups and downs, Alice F. Fitzgerald served the Rolling Meadows community with distinction for decades and fulfilled her wish to live to be 100; and
WHEREAS, Alice F. Fitzgerald, the youngest of four children, was born on January 29, 1922, in Oneida, New York, to John T. Lockley and Bertha Ophelia (Morgan) Lockley; and
WHEREAS, after she was born her parents drove the family to Sterling, Colorado, where her parents ran a hotel for railroaders; and
WHEREAS, as a teenager, Alice first worked in her parents' hotel, then moved to Chicago in the late 1930s to care for her older sister's children while attending Schurz High School; and
WHEREAS, in 1939 Alice returned to Colorado, graduating from Sterling High School at age 17. That year, magazine salesman Ted F. Fitzgerald checked into her parents' hotel; three days later Alice eloped with Ted to Ogallala, Nebraska; and
WHEREAS, after traveling the country with her husband for his job, the couple settled in Chicago. In August 1942, Alice gave birth to the couple's only child, Frank; and
WHEREAS, in 1943 her husband Ted became disabled after contracting polio. To support her family, Alice became a machine operator for Transo Envelope Company in Chicago, rising to the rank of factory production manager before retiring in 1986; and
WHEREAS, Alice and her family moved to Rolling Meadows in 1955 as original residents of the city, making a $10 downpayment on the home in which she lived for 66 years; and
WHEREAS, after her husband's death in 2000, Alice frequently cared for her neighbors' children and her grandchildren and regularly volunteered at the Rolling Meadows Department of Public Works, Fire and Police Departments, Library, Senior Center, and the Historical Society, receiving many awards for civic engagement and for caring for others; and
WHEREAS, Alice Fitzgerald served several years as President of ...
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