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Green Sheet # 3037032
RESOLUTION
OF �AINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Presented by
IN RECOGNTTION OF DOROTHY MCCLUNEY,
CELEBRATING HER 90� BIRTHDAY AND STILL
CONTRIBUTING TO SAINT PAUL
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WHEREAS, Dorothy Stiner McCluney was born in Saint Paul in 1917 and grew up on the west side; and,
WHEREAS, Dorothy, as a Humbolt High School student, went to work at age sixteen as an elevator operator in
a downtown store when her family needed her help; and,
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1 I Summit University neighborhoods of Saint Paui; and,
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WHEREAS, Aorothy has continued to live in the Summit University neighborhood for the past 60 years and
has been a lifelong Saint Paul resident—with the exception of the yeazs during World War II, when the family
lived in California; and,
WHEREAS, When her husband died in 1950, Dorothy rose to the challenge and raised her children herseif,
working part time in a neighborhood nursing home; and,
WHEI2EAS, After her children were grown, Dorothy worked full time at West Publishing Company for twenty
years; and,
WHEREAS, Dorothy has been a member of Degree of Honor for more than forty years and her dedication has
included serving as president of her lodge; and,
WHEREAS, Dorothy has been a tireless community volunteer and she continues to volunteer for the Landmark
Center, where she has provided over twenty years of service, and for the Free Clothing Center at Dayton
Avenue Presb�terian Church, where she has provided over twenty nine years of service; and,
WHEREAS, Dorothy's many other volunteer activities have included twenty yeazs of service at the Lung
Association and ten yeazs of service at the YWCA; and,
WHEREAS, Dorothy has served her church as a Deacon and nurtured her congregation by coming early for
more than thirty five yeazs to make and serve coffee for all gathered before and after church services; and,
WHEREAS, In all of this, Dorothy McCluney has given unconditional love—"mothering" and "grand-
mothering"— not only to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, but to countless children and no-
longer-children in her neighborhood, her church and her community and far this she is beloved by all;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council recognizes Dorothy McCluney as a
most extraordinary neighbor and lauds her for everything she has done to make Saint Paul a livable city for the
past ninety years; and,
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44 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that February 24, 2007 shall be declared Dorothy McCluney Day in the City of
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