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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Evelyn
4Alexander of North Chicago, who passed away on May 14, 2021;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, Evelyn Alexander was born on November 01, 1936;
7and
 
8    WHEREAS, Evelyn Alexander started volunteering in the
9school cafeteria in 1958 and taught environmental health and
10emergency preparedness; she also read to the students; some of
11the children did not have books at home, so she would buy books
12to read to them; she made herself available any place a
13volunteer was needed; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Evelyn Alexander served as president of the
15parent-teacher organization while her four children were
16enrolled; she was elected to the school board, eventually
17retiring from the board; in recent years, after the State
18Board of Education assumed oversight, she was appointed to
19serve on the district's independent authority board; school
20records indicate that she never missed a meeting the entire
21time she was on the grade and high school boards; she is the
22only resident to be appointed and/or elected to every school

 

 

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1board district in the history of the City of North Chicago; she
2never lost a school board election while serving on Grade
3School District 63 and Grade School District 64, High School
4District 123, and North Chicago Community Unit District 187;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, Evelyn Alexander often volunteered as a chaperone
7for field trips and sports events; she also volunteered with
8the Foss Park District summer programs held on school
9playgrounds; early in her career, she worked as a dispatcher
10with the North Chicago Police Department and was soon promoted
11to Health Commissioner and Emergency Services Disaster Agency
12Coordinator; and
 
13    WHEREAS, North Elementary school was renamed in her honor
14as the Evelyn Alexander Elementary School; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
16HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we mourn the passing of Evelyn Alexander and extend our
18sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew
19and loved her; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to the family of Evelyn Alexander as an expression
22of our deepest sympathy.