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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mother |
| 4 | | Letha West, who passed away on October 13, 2016; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Letha West was born on July 13, 1916 in Crystal |
| 6 | | Springs, Mississippi; her parents were Louella and Green |
| 7 | | Lofton; she married William West, Jr. on June 15, 1940; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Letha West was educated in Greenville, |
| 9 | | Mississippi, where she received her elementary and secondary |
| 10 | | education certificates; in the late 1940s, she and her husband |
| 11 | | moved to Chicago, where they became members of Zion Hill |
| 12 | | Missionary Baptist Church in 1948; she worked diligently at |
| 13 | | Zion Hill on the Nurses Board and the Mother's Board; she also |
| 14 | | enjoyed Sunday school; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Letha West worked in manufacturing at John E. Fast & |
| 16 | | Company for over 25 years, where she developed condensers |
| 17 | | until her retirement; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Letha West was preceded in death by her parents |
| 19 | | and her siblings, David Lofton, Sr. (Becky), Neasie Lofton |
| 20 | | Price (Riley), and Mother Pinkie Lee (James) Ward; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Letha West is survived by her daughters, Doris |
| 2 | | Vernell and Shirley Ann; her sons-in-law, Charles Myhand and |
| 3 | | Frank Quabena Antwi-Barfi; her brother, Frederick (Roxie) |
| 4 | | Penner; her sister, Arveal "Pat" (Julius) Scott; her |
| 5 | | grandchildren, Kuchambi Charles (Laurie) Myhand, Osayande |
| 6 | | William Myhand, Shomari Abasi Myhand, Amma Letha Antwi-Barfi, |
| 7 | | and Adwoa Victoria Antwi-Barfi; her great-granddaughter, Nandi |
| 8 | | Burton Myhand; her nieces, Denese Penner-Smith, Min. Julia Lee |
| 9 | | (Calvin) Carter, Pinkie (Rev. Thaddeus) Wills, Cassandra |
| 10 | | Jenkins (O'Brian), Aleria Michelle Lofton, Gwendolyn Smith |
| 11 | | Johnson, Grace Rowell, and Denise (Gary) Moore; her nephews, |
| 12 | | Zachery Penner, Riley Price, Jr., Cornell (Anita) Scott, John |
| 13 | | Smith, Jr., Alaric Penner (Meredith Yacar), Julius Scott, Jr., |
| 14 | | and Stanley Troy Scott; her great-nieces, Amana Johari Hemy |
| 15 | | (Ray), Cyntria Richardson, Charmaine Street, Latonya (Marcus) |
| 16 | | Turner, and Leticia Wills; her great-nephews, Asante Allen and |
| 17 | | Rashad David Lofton; and many other relatives, special friends, |
| 18 | | and church families; therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 20 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 21 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of |
| 22 | | Mother Letha West; and be it further
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| 23 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 24 | | presented to the family of Letha West as an expression of our |