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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 Louise Higgins, age 86, of |
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| Chicago, on October 6, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born Louise Young on July 19, 1919, in |
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| Knoxville, Alabama, to James and Gertrude Young; she was the |
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| 5th child of 10 children; at 14, she moved to Tuscaloosa, |
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| Alabama where she attended Industrial High School; after high |
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| school, she worked several jobs, including insurance |
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| salesperson for Protective Insurance Company; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1957, Louise moved to Robbins, Illinois, and a |
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| year later, she moved to Chicago; she received a food |
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| management certificate from Olive Harvey College; Louise |
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| worked as a waitress, but then she advanced into a management |
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| position; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1965, Louise and her cousin Eloise Cochran |
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| opened the White Owl Restaurant, which they operated for 21 |
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| years, until deciding to retire in 1986; later, she worked for |
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| Helping Care and took care of homebound patients for 8 years; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Louise became a member of the Our Lady of Solace |
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| Catholic Church in 1973; later, as several Catholic churches |
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| merged, she became an active member of St. Benedict the African |
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| Catholic Church, where she sang in the choir and volunteered in |
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| many parish activities, up to the time of her death; and
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| WHEREAS, Everyone in her family affectionately called her |
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| "A'nt Lou" and loved to see her at family gatherings; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her |
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| parents; three sisters, Vordie Smith, Classie Eaves, and Mary |