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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Ulice "Uke" Strickland of Chicago, who 
4passed away on April 27, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Ulice Strickland was born in Greenville, 
6Mississippi on December 2, 1927 to Theodore Strickland and 
7Odessa Walker; he moved to Chicago and attended Medill Grammar 
8and High School; he married Florence Kelly on April 8, 1951; 
9and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Ulice Strickland worked at Fulton Markets and then 
11the Chicago Housing Authority; he eventually began working for 
12the Chicago Police Department and spent 29 years with the 
13Department in the Traffic Division; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Ulice Strickland was a member of Ebenezer Lutheran 
15Church starting in June of 1966, and then First Immanuel 
16Lutheran in 1997; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Ulice Strickland was preceded in death by his 
18parents; sisters, Theal Colbert and Lauvarge Black; and 
19brother, Willie (Roberta) Strickland; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Ulice Strickland is survived by his daughter, 
 
 
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1Elaine; son, Eric (Diahann); brothers-in-law, James Worsham 
2and Dennis Kelly; grandchildren, Eric Matthew, Mark Terry, Eric 
3Dane, and Nicole Monet; great-grandchild, Anthony Dane; 
4numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and a 
5host of other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
8Ulice "Uke" Strickland, and extend our sincere condolences to 
9his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
10further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
12presented to the family of Ulice Strickland as an expression of 
13our deepest sympathy.