Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HR0208 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
5	5	3 Representatives wish to congratulate Bernice (Schmahl)
6	6	4 Timmermann on the occasion of her 100th birthday on June 16,
7	7	5 2025; and
8	8	6 WHEREAS, Bernice Schmahl was born in Des Plaines on June
9	9	7 16, 1925; she was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Des
10	10	8 Plaines, where she has been a member for 100 years; and
11	11	9 WHEREAS, After meeting her future husband at a dance,
12	12	10 Bernice Schmahl married Al Timmermann at her church on August
13	13	11 19, 1944; and
14	14	12 WHEREAS, Seventy-five years ago in 1950, the Timmermanns
15	15	13 bought their first house on Thorndale in unincorporated Leyden
16	16	14 Township; at that time, their new community was informally
17	17	15 known as Mudville until it was incorporated as part of the new
18	18	16 Village of Rosemont in 1956; and
19	19	17 WHEREAS, As their first Rosemont house and homesite were
20	20	18 taken over for construction of the new O'Hare International
21	21	19 Airport, Bernice and Al Timmermann retained their connection
22	22	20 to Rosemont by buying a lot on Scott Street; the house they
23	23	21 built for themselves at that site is the house that Bernice
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32	32	1 Timmermann lives in to this day; and
33	33	2 WHEREAS, Bernice and Al Timmermann were anchors of
34	34	3 Rosemont for decades; Al Timmermann was the assistant fire
35	35	4 chief of the village, and Bernice helped maintain the fire
36	36	5 protection infrastructure of the village; and
37	37	6 WHEREAS, As a fire protection infrastructure supervisor
38	38	7 with the title of Restrictive Radiotelephone Operator, Bernice
39	39	8 Timmermann used her home to guard and maintain the host radio
40	40	9 dispatch device that communicated with the firefighters'
41	41	10 walkie-talkies; and
42	42	11 WHEREAS, Bernice Timmermann had to frequently, for at
43	43	12 least one week in every calendar month, be on call to oversee
44	44	13 the telephone circuit and the radio frequency; and
45	45	14 WHEREAS, When on call, Bernice Timmermann blew the daily
46	46	15 fire siren, which was tested every day at 9:00 p.m.; and
47	47	16 WHEREAS, Bernice Timmermann also served as the president
48	48	17 of the North Leyden Fire Women's Auxiliary, where they had
49	49	18 bake sales and fire department dances to raise money to help
50	50	19 pay for the Rosemont's first fire truck; and
51	51	20 WHEREAS, Later on in her life, Bernice Timmermann was the
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62	62	1 president of the Rosemont Senior Club; and
63	63	2 WHEREAS, Bernice and Al Timmermann had four children,
64	64	3 Elaine, Norm, Sue, and Gary, and she now has nine
65	65	4 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren; her family has
66	66	5 grown to 33 members, and Bernice is a blessing to all of them;
67	67	6 therefore, be it
68	68	7 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
69	69	8 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
70	70	9 we congratulate Bernice (Schmahl) Timmermann on the occasion
71	71	10 of her 100th birthday, and we wish her many more wonderful
72	72	11 years; and be it further
73	73	12 RESOLVED, That we recognize the service of Al and Bernice
74	74	13 Timmermann to the Village of Rosemont as shining examples of
75	75	14 Illinois community life; and be it further
76	76	15 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
77	77	16 presented to Bernice Timmermann as recognition of her one
78	78	17 hundred years of life in the State of Illinois.
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