Florida Senate - 2013                            (NP)    SR 1148
       
       
       
       By Senator Latvala
       
       
       
       
       20-01671-13                                           20131148__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing Elsie Marie Calvert Thompson,
    3         the oldest living American.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, Elsie Marie Calvert was born on April 5, 1899, in
    6  Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and
    7         WHEREAS, in 1921, Elsie Marie Calvert married Ronald “Ron”
    8  L. Thompson, an Army Veteran of World War I and World War II,
    9  who went on to serve in the Pennsylvania House of
   10  Representatives for 22 years, and
   11         WHEREAS, during World War II, Elsie Marie Calvert Thompson
   12  successfully ran her husband’s gold refinery business, but she
   13  most enjoyed her role as a devoted wife and mother, and
   14         WHEREAS, in 1971, Elsie and Ron retired to Clearwater,
   15  where they purchased a condominium just off U.S. 19, where Elsie
   16  still resides, and
   17         WHEREAS, until she turned 102 years old, Elsie made an
   18  annual trip to California to visit her now 72-year-old son,
   19  George, and his children and grandchildren, but he now visits
   20  her in the Sunshine State, and
   21         WHEREAS, on January 2, 2013, Elsie Marie Calvert Thompson
   22  became the oldest living American and, on January 12, 2013,
   23  became the fifth-oldest living person in the world, and
   24         WHEREAS, on January 13, 2013, Elsie Marie Calvert Thompson
   25  entered the list of the 100 oldest women of all time, and
   26         WHEREAS, when asked her secret to living a long life, Elsie
   27  Marie Calvert Thompson replied, “I love people,” NOW, THEREFORE,
   28  
   29  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   31         That we recognize one of Clearwater’s greatest treasures,
   32  Elsie Marie Calvert Thompson, the oldest living American.