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