Full Text of HR0613 94th General Assembly
HR0613 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives learned with sadness of the death of Lela | 4 |
| Virginia Wilson of Chicago on September 3, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Wilson was born February 28, 1920, in | 6 |
| Westpoint, Mississippi, to Robert and Elizabeth Wilson; and
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| WHEREAS, She attended Booker T. Washington Elementary | 8 |
| School in Memphis, Tennessee; after moving to Chicago, she | 9 |
| attended DuSable High School and Wilson Junior College; and
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| WHEREAS, She retired from the Department of Aging as the | 11 |
| leading Manpower Specialist; she received the Senior | 12 |
| Achievement Award from Operation Able in 1983; upon retirement, | 13 |
| she was a volunteer at Whitter Elementary School in Great | 14 |
| Falls, Montana; after moving back to Chicago, she became a | 15 |
| volunteer for the American Cancer Society; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Wilson ran her first marathon in 2001 at the | 17 |
| age of 81; she ran a 5K race in April of 2005, and she won her | 18 |
| last race on September 3, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her | 20 |
| siblings, Thomas and Robert Wilson; her daughter, Katherine | 21 |
| Howard-White; her sons, Thomas and James Howard; and her | 22 |
| grandson, Darryl Howard; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lela Wilson is felt by all who knew | 24 |
| and loved her, especially her children, Phyliss Porter (Lloyd | 25 |
| S.), Linda Ester, and Theresa Elizabeth Wilson; her | 26 |
| grandchildren, Thomas Howard (Valarie), Kenneth L. Porter | 27 |
| (Holli), Kerry Porter, Karen Porter Morrison, Lela Howard, | 28 |
| Joyce Ester, Kelli T. Porter Tapp (Alonzo), Rickey Howard, | 29 |
| Keith Porter (Nicole), and Mark Howard; her twelve |
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| great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; her | 2 |
| cousins, Ruth Hawkins and Marlene Scruggs; and her friends in | 3 |
| Montana and the Lake Vista Apartments; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 |
| we mourn the passing of Lela Wilson and extend our sincerest | 7 |
| condolences to her family, friends, and community; and be it | 8 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 11 |
| sympathy.
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