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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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| learned with sadness of the death of Camille Nicole (Comer) |
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| Cook of Chicago, formerly of Gary, Indiana, on July 24, 2005; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Cook was born December 4, 1965, in Gary, |
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| Indiana, to Carter and Alva Curtis Comer; she married Bruce L. |
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| Cook, president of the Cook County Bar Association, in Chicago |
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| on May 30, 1998; and
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| WHEREAS, She graduated from Gary Roosevelt High School in |
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| 1984 and later received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Purdue |
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| University; she began her professional career as a paralegal |
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| with Amoco Corporation and other major law firms; after years |
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| spent working in the legal profession, she pursued a career in |
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| the pharmaceutical sales industry as a sales representative for |
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| several major pharmaceutical companies; and
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| WHEREAS, Beyond her professional career, she was committed |
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| to serving God and her community; as a member of the Trinity |
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| United Church of Christ in Chicago, she participated actively |
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| in the Million for the Master Ministry and was also a member of |
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| Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Camille Cook is felt by all who |
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| knew and loved her, especially her husband, Bruce; her |
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| daughter, Briannah; her stepdaughter, Csone; her mother, Alva |
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| Curtis Comer, and father, Carter (Sandy) Comer; her brothers, |
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| Tony (Janice) Comer, Carlton (Marilyn) Comer, and Jamie Comer; |
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| her sister, Carliese Comer; her mother-in-law, Junerous Cook, |
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| and father-in-law, Rufus Cook; her grandmother, Izora Comer; |
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| her grandfather, Nebraska (Elizabeth) Curtis; her nieces, |
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| Dominique, Antoinette, Colette, and Eden; her nephew, |
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| Alexander; and a host of other relatives and friends; and
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