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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Leanna Katrina Curry German of Chicago, |
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| who passed away on September 29, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on October 30, 1930 in Medon, |
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| Tennessee to Mary Celestine (Donald) and Donnell Curry, Sr.; |
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| she attended elementary school in Centreville and graduated |
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| from Lincoln Senior High School in 1949; and
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| WHEREAS, Lee, as she was affectionately called, married |
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| Berwyn Morgan in 1950 and they had one child; she married |
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| Jonnie German in 1972 and they enjoyed 32 years together until |
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| his passing in 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, She worked for Stix, Baer, and Fuller, employed as |
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| a waitress in the tea room; she served as Executive Director of |
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| the Emily Willis Day Care until its closing; and she later |
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| employed as a caseworker with General Assistance, where she |
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| retired; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a dedicated member of the Truelight |
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| Baptist Church and served with the Willing Workers Culinary |
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| Committee; she was an active participant in the Lincoln High |
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| School Forty-Niners; and she enjoyed caring for her friends and |
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| family, and cooked for anyone, never asking for or needing |
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| help; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her |
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| sisters, Margaret, Mary Frances, Bernice, and Geneva; and her |
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| brother, Donnell, Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Leanna German is survived by her daughter, Sandra |
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| Lanette (Ulysses) Cox; her grandson, Eric Lamont (Jessica) Cox; |
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| her great-grandson, Eric Lamont, Jr.; her stepchildren, Jerry |
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| (Sandra), Terry, Perry (Shirley), Jonnie, Jr. (Rochelle), and |
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| Timothy German; the German grandchildren, Jerry, Jr., |
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| Sharondolyn, Patrick, Perry, Jr., Melanie, Jonnie, Jr., |
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| Timothy, II, Nathaniel, and Antonio German; her sister, Shirley |
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| (Dr. Herschel) Garrett; her stepmother, Ethel B. Curry; her |
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| brother-in-law, Wesley Momon; her godchildren, Mrs. Felita |
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| Tharp McCaskill and Levander Smith, Jr.; her life-long friends, |
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| Wilhelmina Smith and Myrtle Woody; and her nieces, nephews, |
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| cousins, and many friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Leanna German; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |