92_HR1172 LRB9218448KFkf 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of the members of 3 the Illinois House of Representatives that Phyllis Bee 4 Sjostrom Ebbers has retired from Shirland School after 20 5 years of service; and 6 WHEREAS, She was born on June 26, 1936; she graduated 7 from Michigan State University and moved to Shirland in the 8 early 1970s; she started teaching 5th grade at Shirland 9 School in 1982; and 10 WHEREAS, She has been a friend and mentor to many 11 students, staff and families; she was queen of the Pep Club 12 concession stand for the home volleyball and basketball 13 games; she always made sure that students and staff had 14 spirit buttons for basketball season; she also starred in the 15 Kitchen Quartet performance; and 16 WHEREAS, She taught the challenging Double-Digit Division 17 and used "March Madness" and the final four as a teaching 18 aid; and 19 WHEREAS, She has been married to Harold Lyle Ebbers for 20 34 years and they have three children, Tim Ebbers and wife 21 Lisa, Margie and husband Marty Lenox and Jill Trojniar; she 22 has six grandchildren; one brother, Bill Sjostrom; and one 23 sister, Karen Wilcox; her retirement will allow her to spend 24 more time with her family; and 25 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 26 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 27 we congratulate Phyllis Sjostrom Ebbers on her retirement 28 from Shirland School and thank her for all her hard work and 29 dedication to help better educate the students of this State; 30 and be it further 31 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be -2- LRB9218448KFkf 1 presented to Phyllis Bee Sjostrom Ebbers as an expression of 2 our respect and esteem.