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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIFE OF HOLLY DINKEL
WHEREAS, Holly Schwab Dinkel, Vice President of Dinkel's Bakery and beloved wife and mother, passed away on June 27, 2014; and
WHEREAS, Holly was born on December 15, 1946 in New London, Connecticut; and
WHEREAS, because her birthday was so close to Christmas, her parents bestowed her with the name "Holly; and
WHEREAS, Holly lived in 23 different homes before high school as she traveled with her father who was in the Navy. After high school, she lived in Paris and Germany; and
WHEREAS, after studying in Munich through the University of Maryland, Holly switched to Loyola University's Rome Center; and
WHEREAS, after following a Chicago area boyfriend to Illinois from Rome, Holly landed a teaching job at Staff High School in Palos Hills; and
WHEREAS, on February 13, 1972, she tapped Norm Dinkel on the shoulder at Butch McGuire's and said "You look like someone I know;" and
WHEREAS, Norm saw that Holly was absolutely gorgeous, a German-Swedish vision and married her on June 30, 1973; and
WHEREAS, after becoming pregnant, Holly quit her job at Stagg and stayed home for nearly 20 years to raise her children; and
WHEREAS, Holly then obtained a Master's degree at Northeastern University and became a special education counselor at Chicago's Gray Elementary School and Von Steuben High School; and
WHEREAS, as Vice-President of Dinkel's Bakery, Holly was a recipe taster, quality control officer and marketing specialist; and
WHEREAS, her responsibilities include decorating the Dinkel's booth at Chicago's Christkindlmarket, designing Dinkel's first caf? and menu and supervising photo shoots for the bakery catalog; and
WHEREAS, her reach was nationwide, as each Christmas she personally packaged thousands of Dinkel's Bakery's world famous stolen, a buttery Yule log that some view as the "anti-fruitcake," to be shipped across the country; and
WHEREAS, Holly loved to travel and...
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