Full Text of HR0807 96th General Assembly
HR0807 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Hilaire Small, who passed away on December 26, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Allen Small was born on July 13, 1928 in Evanston; | 6 |
| his parents were Azalea and Allen Lawrence Small; he was the | 7 |
| older brother of Conrad and Roselle; and
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| WHEREAS, Allen Small was raised in the Washington Park area | 9 |
| of Chicago and on the far South Side, near the Chesterfield | 10 |
| community; and
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| WHEREAS, Allen Small attended St. Anselm School and Fenger | 12 |
| High School; he then furthered his education by earning | 13 |
| associate's degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology | 14 |
| and Wilson Junior College and his bachelor's degree from DePaul | 15 |
| University; and
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| WHEREAS, Allen Small served as a military police officer in | 17 |
| the United States Army until he was honorably discharged; | 18 |
| during his career in the Army, he fought in the Korean War; | 19 |
| after returning to Chicago, he began working at the United | 20 |
| States Post Office; and
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| WHEREAS, Soon after his marriage, Allen Small landed a | 2 |
| coveted position with the City of Chicago's Building | 3 |
| Department, where he worked for 40 years until his retirement; | 4 |
| he, along with a handful of other African-American men, was | 5 |
| hired as a building inspector, although no one thought the men | 6 |
| would last a year; his final project as Supervisor of | 7 |
| Demolition was the demolition of the old Comiskey Park; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Allen Small was often thought of as a "walking | 9 |
| encyclopedia"; he read the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Allen Small married Marian Morris in 1957; | 12 |
| together, the couple had 2 children, Perri Roselle and Allen | 13 |
| Conrad; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Allen Small is survived by his children, Perri and | 15 |
| Allen; his wife, Marian; his great-aunt, Annabelle Smith; his | 16 |
| sisters-in-law, Angela Wiley and Barbara Small; his niece, Eva | 17 |
| Hill; his godson, Jalen-Paul Malone; and his many other | 18 |
| relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Allen | 22 |
| Hilaire Small; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Allen Hilaire Small as an expression | 3 |
| of our sympathy.
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