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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 Ronald L. |
| 4 | | Allen of Naperville, who passed away on December 2, 2016; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Allen was born in Chicago on July 18, 1943; |
| 6 | | and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Allen founded the A. Allen Insurance Agency |
| 8 | | in Chicago's Austin community after graduating from Chicago |
| 9 | | State University; he had previously worked for the United |
| 10 | | States Postal Service and as a business teacher at King High |
| 11 | | School in Chicago; he was one of the first African American |
| 12 | | insurance agents for the Allstate Insurance Co. in Chicago, and |
| 13 | | maintained an affiliation with them for 42 years, retiring in |
| 14 | | 2009; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Allen was a social activist in DuPage |
| 16 | | County; he spent his retirement active in the DuPage County |
| 17 | | Democratic Party and founded the Unity Partnership outreach |
| 18 | | group to foster trust and goodwill between police and county |
| 19 | | residents; he served as a precinct committeeman in Naperville |
| 20 | | Township and was an active member of the DuPage County NAACP; |
| 21 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Allen was an active member of the DuPage |
| 2 | | AME Church in Lisle and served on the DuPage Diversity steering |
| 3 | | committee; he served on the DuPage County Crime Stoppers Board |
| 4 | | of Directors, the Chicago State University Alumni Board, and |
| 5 | | the National African American Insurance Association Board of |
| 6 | | Directors; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Allen hosted his own radio show, "The |
| 8 | | Financial Forum", that aired on WVON-AM; he enjoyed the game of |
| 9 | | Whist so much that in 2014 he wrote a book, "The Evolution of |
| 10 | | Bid Whist", which not only offered playing strategy but traced |
| 11 | | the history of the game to the Civil War; he was an avid |
| 12 | | Chicago Cubs fan; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Allen is survived by his wife, Carol; his |
| 14 | | children, Keith, Mark, and Vera; and his granddaughter, |
| 15 | | Jasmine; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 17 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 18 | | mourn the passing of Ronald L. Allen, and extend our sincere |
| 19 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
| 20 | | him; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Ronald Allen as an expression of our |