RESOLUTION
CELEBRATION ofthe 50th Wedding Anniversary of Water Reclamation Commissioner Frank and Sherry (nee: Hooste) Avila
WHEREAS, Chicago-born Frank Avila met Peoria-born Sherry Hooste at Esther Hall, a Methodist Girl's Club, Chicago, 1961; and,
WHEREAS, Frank received his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, January, 1961, and Sherry received her Bachelor's Degree in Education, January, 1966, from the University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and,
WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila married November 27, 1965 at Broadway United Methodist Church, Chicago; and,
WHEREAS, except for two years (1966-1968) when Frank and Sherry lived in Tucson, Arizona where Frank completed his Master's Degree in Finance at the University of Arizona, 1968; Frank and Sherry lived in Chicago 48 of the 50 years of their marriage; and,
WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry have been very blessed with three wonderful children and two wonderful grandchildren: Son Frank (his wife Rachel) and 19 year grandson Clarence and 4-1/2 year granddaughter Thalia; son Quinn (his wife Jackie); and, daughter Audrey; and,
WHEREAS, Frank owned and operated AVILA & ASSOCIATES, INC., a Consulting Engineering Company, for about 27 years; and,
WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry together collected 17,000 signatures to get Frank on the ballot as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the third time; and, Frank finally won the third election (2002); and then he won the fourth election (2008) and the fifth election (2014); and,
WHEREAS, Frank serves as Chairman of Finance on the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, and he has received numerous awards; and,
WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry together produced numerous CAN-TV shows including "COMMISSIONER FRANK AVILA SPEAKS..." and many TV shows about the ENVIRONMENT and Sherry's "AVILA FINE ARTS" and "AVILA MAKING A DIFFERENCE"; and, many of these CAN-TV Shows are on "YOU TUBE" and other web sites o...
Click here for full text