HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013 04-22 Sophie Skiba Day, May 4, 2013 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
- PROCLAMATION-
SOPHIE SKIBA DAY
May 4, 2013
WHEREAS, Sophie Czyscon Skiba was born on May 4, 1913, in the city of Minneapolis. At the age of
two, Sophie's family moved to Wisconsin where they took up farming. Sophie and her nine siblings helped with
the farming chores.
WHEREAS, at the age of 16, Sophie left home to find work in Minneapolis. It was there in Minneapolis
at a dance that Sophie met her future husband, Walter Skiba.
WHEREAS, Sophie and Walter Skiba married in 1934, taking up residence on land Walter Skiba's family
had been farming for many years in what was then Mounds View Township, alongside Highway 8(prior to the
construction of Interstate 35W)where the Mermaid, Central Sandblasting, McDonalds and other businesses
now operate.
WHEREAS, in 1970, Walter and Sophie Skiba built a home on Long Lake Road where Sophie continues
to live to this day.
WHEREAS,Sophie has many interests and hobbies, including gardening andflowers, but her passion is,
and always has been, her family. "I am rich in Family", Sophie would often remark
WHEREAS,Sophie Skiba is a proud Mounds View resident through and through, and has been since the
day she married Walter Skiba some 78 years ago.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, it is with great pleasure and honor that I, Joe Flaherty,
Mayor of the City of Mounds View, do hereby proclaim May 4, 2013, the centennial anniversary of Sophie
Skiba's birth, to be:
SOPHIE SKIBA DAY
In the City of Mounds View.
Given under my hand and Seal of the City of Mounds View, this 22rd day of April 2013.
(Seal) �.
oe Flaherty, Mayor