SR0810 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Marian Dockery of North Chicago, who passed away on April 15, 2010; and

WHEREAS, She was born on June 4, 1932 to Elizabeth and Aaron Brown in Chicago; Marian was one of nine children born to this union; she grew up on the South side of Chicago and at a very young age she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior; Marian joined First Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church in 1981 under the late Pastor Peter Goudeaux Jr; she was a faithful member for 29 years until her home going under her former Pastor Eugene Roberson; Marian was an active church member and had volunteered her time with the Church's Soup Kitchen ministry; and

WHEREAS, Marian graduated from Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago in 1950 and shortly thereafter married the love of her life, Alfonso E. Dockery Sr.; she also attended the College of Lake County, where she completed studies in sociology, nutrition, and communications; and

WHEREAS, Before her retirement in 1987, Marian worked for Baxter Healthcare in Deerfield as an Accounts Payable generalist and retired as the first African-American teller of the Baxter Credit Union; from 1998 to 2001, Marian was the Project Success Coordinator for North Chicago School District 187 and worked diligently with the local governing board, local community leaders, educators, parents, and State social service agencies in bringing educational and social services and programs to the children and families within the school district; and

WHEREAS, In 2003 Marian became the Vice-President and bookkeeper of her daughter's business, Meeting Essentials by D'esign, and key advisor to the family business as well; Marian not only loved her immediate family but also extended that love to her community and friends; Marian enjoyed life, sharing and giving to others; she loved sowing the wisdom, knowledge, and love that God gave her into the hearts of everyone she came in contact with, especially youth; and

WHEREAS, Marian was preceded in her home going transition by her beloved husband, Alfonso E. Dockery Sr.; her parents, Elizabeth and Aaron Brown; her sisters, Altherea Watson, Bertha and Elizabeth Brown, and Vera Conner; her brother, Aaron "Junior" Brown; her great-nephew, Benjamin Miller; her niece, Dephine Sanders; and her nephews, Darrell and Cornell Sanders Jr. and Lemuel Henry Chambers; and

WHEREAS, Left to cherish her loving memory are her son, Alfonso Eugene Dockery Jr.; her daughters, Cynthia Renee Dockery and Angela Marie Dockery; her brothers, Edward, James (Johnnie) Brown, Robert (Trudy) Brown, and Charles Brown; her very best and dearest friend of over 55 years, Mary Hamilton; her special God-Grandson, Essex Johns IV; her church family; and a host of nieces, nephews, friends, and her lovable 110-pound puppy-dog, "Sparkie"; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Marian Dockery; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Marian Dockery as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.