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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| were saddened to learn of the death of Rebecca King on July 17, |
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| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Rebecca, who was better known as "Edith" to her |
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| family and closest friends, was born on May 13, 1932 in |
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| Chicago; she graduated from Flower High School and studied |
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| theater at Wilson College of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, She married Walter King Sr. in 1959 and to this |
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| union two children were born, Walter King, Jr. and Judith Ann |
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| King; she loved spending time with her children and never |
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| missed a school event or a graduation; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. King worked as a Data Entry Specialist for |
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| the United States Postal Service and retired in 1990; and
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| WHEREAS, She lived her life as a child of God and taught |
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| her children to do the same; she was fun-loving, had a heart |
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| full of laughter, and always had encouraging things to share |
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| with others; prayer was the center of her life and her favorite |
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| thing she would say to her children during their prayer |
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| sessions was that "A three stranded cord is not easily broken"; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. King was a longtime member of the Voices of |
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| Monument of the Monument of Faith Evangelistic Church; she was |
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| also active in the Drama Ministry of The People's Church of God |
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| in Christ where she was also a member of the Mother's Board; |
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| she attended Living Word Ministries in 1997 and became a member |
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| of Living Word in 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Rebecca King will be deeply felt by |
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| many, especially her son, Walter King, Jr.; and her daughter, |