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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Ida Marie Walker Lake, who passed away on
4February 29, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Ida Lake was born in Brownsville, Tennessee to
6John Currie and Mary Frances (Carter) Currie on June 2, 1931;
7she was a member of the Willow Grove Baptist Church and married
8Roger E. Walker, Sr. in Corinth, Mississippi in 1947; she later
9married Prentice Lake; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Ida Lake and her family relocated to Decatur; she
11became a charter-member of the Church of the Living God P.G.T.,
12where she served as choir President and was a member of the
13Kitchen Committee, Usher, and on the Mission Board; several
14years later, her son, Thomas, founded the Main Street Church of
15the Living God, where she was a charter-member and served on
16the Mothers and Mission Boards; she was dedicated to Sunday
17School; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Ida Lake was called "Grandma" by numerous people;
19she often assisted parents by transporting, feeding, and caring
20for their children; she loved to cook large meals for her
21family and her church family; she was well known for her
22signature caramel cakes and sweet potato and egg pies; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Ida Lake was preceded in death by her second
2husband, Prentice; her parents; her son, Roger E. Walker, Jr.;
313 brothers and sisters; and her granddaughter, Kamisha
4Walker-Hodge; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Ida Lake is survived by her sons, Dr. Overseer
6Thomas (Margaret) Walker, Arthur Lee (Terri) Walker, Hilda
7Walker, and Timothy Lake; her stepdaughter, Faye McClelland;
8her foster daughter and niece, Diane Bond; her sister, Doris
9Lawrence; her special sister and niece, Mildred Taylor; her
10grandchildren, Tammie Shaw, Pierre Perkins, Anthony Corey
11(Sylvia) Walker, Ryan (Sherrie) Walker, Robin Ketchens, Shane
12(Alisha) Walker, Adrian Walker, Shalen Walker, Jalynn Walker,
13Emoni Lake, Shannon Bond, Martina Bond, Soraya Lake, and Lebron
14and Landon Robinson; her sisters-in-law, Beulah Currie, Mary
15Ann Boyd, Flora Jean (AD) Brooks, and Dimple Walker; her
16special nieces, Clara (Leroy) Clark, Louverna (Tim) Hess, Linda
17and Erika Taylor, Margaret (Rhee) Walker, and Barbara (Fenner)
18Bond; her special nephews, Bobby Lawrence and Ricky (Vanessa)
19Goforth; her god daughters, Ellen Young and Vivian (Millard)
20Goodman; and a host of great-grandchildren,
21great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives, Main
22Street Mission Board, Main Street Church family, and friends;
23therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
3Ida Marie Walker Lake, and extend our sincere condolences to
4her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
5further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to the family of Ida Lake as an expression of our
8deepest sympathy.