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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of R-Lou Barker of Springfield, who passed |
4 | | away on April 21, 2018; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, R-Lou Barker was born in McPherson, Kansas to John |
6 | | Clifford and Hazel Dell Washburn Porter on December 18, 1933; |
7 | | she attended schools in Centralia, Missouri and Glenarm, |
8 | | Illinois; she graduated from Ball Township High School and |
9 | | attended the University of Illinois at Springfield; she married |
10 | | Morton Darrell Barker Jr. in Chicago on June 29, 1953; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, R-Lou Barker was a community advocate; she was |
12 | | active at the board level of many organizations, including the |
13 | | Daughters of the American Revolution, the Land of Lincoln Girl |
14 | | Scout Council, the Springfield Art Association, the |
15 | | Springfield Symphony Women's Board, the Vachel Lindsay |
16 | | Association, the Illinois State Museum Society, and the |
17 | | Illinois State Museum; her dedication to the preservation of |
18 | | historic sites was demonstrated by her long-term service on the |
19 | | Springfield Historic Sites Commission and the Dana-Thomas |
20 | | House Foundation; she also served as Chairman of the Illinois |
21 | | Center for the Book and the Illinois Committee for the National |
22 | | Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.; and
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