IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION congratulating Leo Theodore Mick on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
Intro
RESOLUTION #11447, September 30, 1996
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, on August 13, 1906, Leo Theodore Mick was born the fifth child to parents Frank and Philomena (Muths) Mick in Tipton, Kansas; and,
WHEREAS, Leo had seven brothers and sisters - Mary Alice (Sister Mary Philomena), Paul John, John Baptist, Catherine Theodora (Sister Mary Juliana), Christina Barbara, Marie Elizabeth, and Madelyn Dorothy; and,
WHEREAS, as a small child, Leo moved with his family from Tipton, Kansas, to Sublimity, Oregon, and then later to Greeley, Kansas; and,
WHEREAS, Leo has many fond memories of those early years in Oregon and recently made a trip back to the Sublimity area; and,
WHEREAS, his childhood activities in Greeley included hunting for rabbits and squirrels, fishing in the area creeks, and helping on the family farm, and Leo has shared many warm and poignant stories of those early years with his children and grandchildren; and,
WHEREAS, his explanation for his lack of hair was that he was "scalped by an Indian;" and,
WHEREAS, on June 14, 1932, Leo married Cecelia Adelaide Rues (a girl with the most beautiful hair whom he met in childhood and who later won his heart) in a Roman Catholic marriage ceremony at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri, and their union lasted for 48 years; and,
WHEREAS, their first marital home was at 504 E. 70th Terrace in Kansas City, Missouri; and,
WHEREAS, as a young man, Leo attended a Kansas City business school and later worked as a produce buyer for the Milgram Stores and others before opening his own grocery store at 55th & Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri; and,
WHEREAS, in 1935, his brother John joined him in the grocery business and, between the years 1935-1949, they ope...
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