File #: 17-5226    Version: 1 Name: CELEBRATING SUSIE LEWIS ON CELEBRATING HER 106TH BIRTHDAY
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 9/8/2017 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 9/12/2017 Final action: 9/12/2017
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION CELEBRATING SUSIE LEWIS ON CELEBRATING HER 106TH BIRTHDAY WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis was born in Helen, Arkansas in 1911; and, WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis had three children, two boys and a girl; and, WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis's father left Arkansas and moved his family to Chicago's West Side when she was very young where they lived near Washburn Avenue; and, WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis attended the now-closed Medill Elementary School on the Near West Side; and, WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis worked on a tractor farm, did housework, helped assemble parts in a TV factory, served as a laundry attendant and served as a staff member at the B&O Railroad; and, WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis now resides in Maywood, Illinois. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners to recognize Susie Lewis on celebrating her 106th birthday and the sincere appreciation of the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners is extended to Ms. Lewis for her lifelong milestone.
Sponsors: RICHARD R. BOYKIN, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, EDWARD M. MOODY, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

CELEBRATING SUSIE LEWIS ON CELEBRATING HER 106TH BIRTHDAY

 

WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis was born in Helen, Arkansas in 1911; and,

 

WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis had three children, two boys and a girl; and,

 

WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis’s father left Arkansas and moved his family to Chicago’s West Side when she was very young where they lived near Washburn Avenue; and,

 

WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis attended the now-closed Medill Elementary School on the Near West Side; and,

 

WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis worked on a tractor farm, did housework, helped assemble parts in a TV factory, served as a laundry attendant and served as a staff member at the B&O Railroad; and,

 

WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis now resides in Maywood, Illinois.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners to recognize Susie Lewis on celebrating her 106th birthday and the sincere appreciation of the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners is extended to Ms. Lewis for her lifelong milestone.

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