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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jennie (Evgenia) | ||||||
| 4 | Muros Mallis on her 100th birthday, May 2, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jennie (Evgenia) Muros Mallis
was born on May 2, | ||||||
| 6 | 1912
in Slimnitsa, Greece (Northwest Macedonia, Greece); and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, She arrived in America in 1927
and became an | ||||||
| 8 | United States citizen on February 19, 1928; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, She married Constantine J. Mallis
on April 22, | ||||||
| 10 | 1934 and they had 3 daughters, Helen Mallis, Sophia Mallis, and | ||||||
| 11 | Marinna Mallis Kolaitis; her husband passed away in 1945; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, She is the proud grandmother of Jeanine Constance | ||||||
| 13 | Kolaitis; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, She worked at the Collier Book Plant,
District 217 | ||||||
| 15 | Argo Community High School Cafeteria,
District 104 Walsh School | ||||||
| 16 | as a teacher's aide in the bilingual program, and worked with | ||||||
| 17 | children from the previous Communist bloc countries, such as | ||||||
| 18 | Albania, Russia, the former Yugoslavia, as well as Greece and | ||||||
| 19 | Turkey; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, She is an American Legion life member in Big | ||||||
| 2 | Rapids, Michigan and Summit-Argo, Illinois; she is a member of | ||||||
| 3 | the
Summit-Argo and Bedford Park Woman's Club and the
Holy | ||||||
| 4 | Cross Greek Orthodox Philopticos in Justice; she is a life | ||||||
| 5 | member of the Brotherhood of Grammos, and is one of the | ||||||
| 6 | founders and the oldest member of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox | ||||||
| 7 | Church in Justice; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, She loves books and education, especially | ||||||
| 9 | centered around children; she also loves music and dancing; | ||||||
| 10 | therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we congratulate Jennie Mallis on the centennial of her birth | ||||||
| 14 | and wish her continued good health and happiness for years to | ||||||
| 15 | come; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to Jennie Mallis as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 18 | esteem.
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