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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION TO HONOR DOROTHY JOSEPHINE BUHE ON THE OCCASION OF HER 100TH BIRTHDAY
WHEREAS, Dorothy Josephine Buhe has reached a remarkable milestone in her life and will be honored by family and friends at a special celebration on the occasion of her 100th birthday on June 29, 2014; and
WHEREAS, Dorothy Josephine Buhe was born on June 30, 1914 to Edward Nicholas Klein and Augusta Anna Schutz in Chicago and has one sibling, Florence Murney, who is 101 years old; and
WHEREAS, Dorothy Josephine Buhe was raised on the south side of Chicago at 33rd Street and Princeton Avenue and attended St. Raphael Grammar School and St. Martin Commercial High School; her first job was at the Spiegel Store and then Fish Furniture; and
WHEREAS, Dorothy Josephine Buhe married Charles James Buhe, the love of her life, at St. Rita Church on September 23, 1938 and together they raised three children, James born in 1940, Kathryn born in 1943, and Stephen born in 1955; in 1955 the family moved to Worth where Dorothy still resides in her home today; and
WHEREAS, Dorothy Josephine Buhe eventually went back to work at Bonds Men's Clothing and Worth School; she was a Democratic election judge for many years at least until she was 80 years old and her macular degeneration made it impossible to continue; and
WHEREAS, Dorothy Josephine Buhe has witnessed monumental events over the course of her lifetime including World War I and II, the Great Depression, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the rise and fall of communism, as well as the advent of the airplane, television, telephone, the space age, the world- wide web and the dawn of the new Millennium; and
WHEREAS, Dorothy Josephine Buhe leads an interesting, happy and full life and counts among her many blessings her grandchildren Kelly A. and Bernard P. Roche, Timothy and Jennifer Buhe, Elizabeth and Jonathan Buhe, and her great grandchildren Devin Roche, Brett, Luke and Jake Buhe, and Ethan ...
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