Record #: R2021-830   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 7/21/2021 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 7/21/2021
Title: Congratulations extended to Birdie B. Kaiser on 100th birthday
Sponsors: Dowell, Pat
Attachments: 1. R2021-830.pdf

City Council July 21, 2021

 

RESOLUTION

 

 

WHEREAS, On July 24, 2021 Birdie B. Kaiser will be celebrating her 100th birthday at New Philadelphia Baptist Church with family and friends; and

 

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this joyous occasion by the Honorable Pat Dowell, Alderman ofthe 3rd Ward; and

 

WHEREAS, On July 21, 1921, Will Henry Long and Effie Carithers welcomed the birth of their daughter, Birdie Blanche Long; and

 

WHEREAS, Born and baptized in Comer, Georgia before moving to Chicago, Birdie has long been a devoted Baptist; and

 

WHEREAS, Birdie survived her late husband Rotell Fleming, and is the proud mother of Jerome and Virgial Fleming; and

 

WHEREAS, Birdie joined New Philadelphia Church Baptist in 1947, where she has continued her religious devotion to this day; and

 

WHEREAS, Birdie remarried and changed her name to Mrs. Birdie B. Kaiser; she is the proud grandmother to 9 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and 19 great-great grandchildren; now therefore

 

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, gathered here this twenty-first day of July, 2021, do hereby offer our heartiest best wishes for a happy birthday to Birdie B. Kaiser; and

PAT DOWELL Alderman, 3rd Ward

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared for presentation to Birdie B. Kaiser