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St. Louis City Resolution Number 161 July 30, 2010 |
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WHEREAS, Evelyn Bayer is celebrating her 90th birthday. She was born on July 23, 1920 in North St. Louis to parents of Mike and Marie Noles of Irish and Greek descent. She is the proud mother of Joann M. Berger of St. Louis; and
WHEREAS, throughout her life it has been her passion to help others and volunteer; and
WHEREAS, she volunteered for service in World War II; and
WHEREAS, she worked first at the retooled Belt Link Plant in Chicago, ensuring ammunitions were grade standard for service in the war effort; and
WHEREAS, she was stationed at Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado as an Army dental technician where she saw firsthand the devastating effects of war on our soldiers; and
WHEREAS, she has actively volunteered for the past 30 years at Jefferson Barracks Hospital and Cochran Hospital and still volunteers there and at the Eye Clinic at Cochran and at the Clothing Room at Jefferson Barracks; and
WHEREAS, she helped serve meals, conducted bingos and helped transport those in wheelchairs to their destination; and
WHEREAS, she has been an active member of Chapter #48, the Women's Army Corp and Post #404 American Veterans; and
WHEREAS, she has helped raise funds to help wounded soldiers and their families, and has been a strong advocate for quality care for servicemen and servicewomen; and
WHEREAS, she has an extreme passion for animals and actively volunteered at The Humane Society in the City of St. Louis. There she helped introduce pets to those anxious to adopt, helped with care of the sick animals and participated in a pet program with her own animal to visit hospitals bringing cheer and a smile to those hospitalized; and
WHEREAS, due to macular degeneration leaving her legally blind, she attends meetings at the St. Louis Society for the Blind, and hopes to assist in a program to bring awareness to the plight of the blind both young and old, especially those with eye disease; and
WHEREAS, at the age of 90, her life still has meaning and purpose. Her most prized memory was her trip in September 2009 with HonorFlight to Washington D.C., where she participated in a day-long event honoring veterans marked with a visit to the new World War II Memorial. So life is good!
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis that we pause in our deliberations to recognize the 90th Birthday of Evelyn Bayer and we wish her continued happiness and joy and we further direct the Clerk of this Board to spread a copy of this Resolution across the minutes of these proceedings and to prepare a commemorative copy to the end that it may be presented to our honoree at a time and place deemed appropriate by the Sponsor.
Introduced on the 30th day of July, 2010 by:
Honorable William Waterhouse, Alderman 24th Ward
Adopted the 30th day of July, 2010 as attested by:
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David W. Sweeney
Clerk, Board of Aldermen____________________________
Lewis E. Reed
President, Board of Aldermen