Full Text of SR0747 95th General Assembly
SR0747 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Erika Prince, who passed away on June 1, | 4 |
| 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Erika Prince was born on June 28, 1975 in Chicago; | 6 |
| her parents were Curtis Prince and the late Diane Beck; and
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| WHEREAS, Erika Prince attended Arthur Dixon Elementary | 8 |
| School and Hyde Park Academy High School, where she graduated | 9 |
| with the Class of 1993; she then received her bachelor's degree | 10 |
| in Speech Pathology at Jackson State University in 1994, her | 11 |
| master's degree in Speech Language and Hearing Science from | 12 |
| Governors State University in 1997, and her second master's | 13 |
| degree in Special Education from Roosevelt University in 2006; | 14 |
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| WHEREAS, Erika Prince was employed as a Special Education | 16 |
| Teacher at Arthur Dixon Elementary School in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Erika Prince attended the Salem Baptist Church of | 18 |
| Chicago, where she served as a member of the Young Adult Choir | 19 |
| and MIME, and worked as a Spiritual Intercessor; she was also a | 20 |
| member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the Xi Nu Omega | 21 |
| Chapter in Chicago and the Order of the Eastern Star; and |
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| WHEREAS, Erika Prince enjoyed helping her students, the | 2 |
| word of God, exercising, and music; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Erika Prince was the loving daughter of Diane Beck | 4 |
| and Curtis and Carol Prince; the fond sister of Curtis Prince | 5 |
| II, Monique Beck, and Carla Gilbert; and the beloved mother of | 6 |
| Malani and Damari Hughes; and
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| WHEREAS, Erika Prince will be remembered by all who knew | 8 |
| and loved her as a giving, loyal, and kind mother and teacher | 9 |
| whose piety was unparalleled; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Erika Prince; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Erika Prince as an expression of our | 16 |
| sympathy.
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