SR0252 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SR0252 LRB102 18239 ECR 25894 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Waynona Brown of Champaign; and

WHEREAS, Waynona Brown was born to Wayne and Yetiva Morgan Newcom in Benton, Kansas on June 23, 1921; following public school in Haven and Pretty Prairie, Kansas, she attended Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg, Kansas; she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education with a major in mathematics and minors in commerce, English and speech; she subsequently attended the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago in 1946 with a Red Cross scholarship; she earned a Master of Arts in Social Work from the University of Chicago in 1953; she married Richard M. Brown in 1962; and

WHEREAS, Waynona Brown first worked as a teacher at high schools in Haven, Planeview, and Pretty Praire, Kansas; she worked for the Chicago Chapter of the American Red Cross from 1947 to 1948 and the Kansas Children's Service League in Wichita and Coffeyville, Kansas from 1948 to 1953; in 1953, she moved to Champaign to become the supervisor of the Champaign office of the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society where she remained until 1962; from 1976 until her retirement in 1984, she was the agency and institution licensing representative for the Champaign region of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; and

WHEREAS, Waynona Brown was involved in a number of volunteer activities; prior to her marriage, she was active in the local chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, a board member of the United Community Council and of the Volunteer Bureau, and a member of the Children's and Unmarried Mothers committees; between 1960 and 1990, she was a board member of Cunningham Children's Home in Urbana, where she also served for many years as chairman of the Personnel Committee; she volunteered at the Planned Parenthood Association of Champaign County from 1966 to 1967 and was a board member from 1986 to 1989; she was a member of the Children's Home and Aid Society Auxiliary from 1963 to 2003, served on the board of directors of the Child Care Association of Illinois from 1968 to 1974, served on the board of directors for the Children's Planning Consortium of Illinois during its organizational period from 1973 to 1974, and was chairwoman of the Champaign Area Public-Private Agency Planning Committee from 1974 to 1976; and

WHEREAS, Waynona Brown was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; her son, Peter; her brother; her two sisters; her two nieces; and her one nephew; and

WHEREAS, Waynona Brown is survived by two sons, Alan W. Brown and Stephen H. Brown; her daughter, Kathryn L. Blackwood; four grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and five nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Waynona Brown and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Waynona Brown as an expression of our deepest sympathy.