Full Text of HR1358 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Sarah | 4 | | Jane Clarke of Olive Branch, who passed away on June 28, 2010; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, She was born December 23, 1931, in Mounds, the | 7 | | daughter of the late John R. and Mary Agnes Travers; she was | 8 | | married to Peter J. Clarke and was a member of St. Patricks | 9 | | Catholic Church in Cairo; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, She was director of the Shawnee Development | 11 | | Council before her retirement; during a long and distinguished | 12 | | career she was also
a charter board member for Illinois | 13 | | Ventures for Community Action, that has expanded into a | 14 | | multi-million dollar lending arm for businesses; she served on | 15 | | the Illinois Community Action Association board; she was a | 16 | | member of the National Leadership Commission through the | 17 | | Department of Labor; she was Region 5 representative to the | 18 | | National Association of Counties (NACO); and she was Charter | 19 | | President for the Illinois Employment and Training | 20 | | Association; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, In addition, she was a member of the National | 22 | | Association of Community Action Agencies; a Charter Members and |
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| 1 | | Past Chairman of the Illinois CETA Director's Association; an | 2 | | original member of the SIDEZ board; a member of the original | 3 | | Manpower board in 1969; and a member of the IMTI (Illinois | 4 | | Management Institute); and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Her other activities on the local level included | 6 | | serving as past president of the Cairo Junior Woman's Club, | 7 | | past director of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, past director | 8 | | of the Cairo Historical Association, past president of Xi Beta | 9 | | Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, past chairman of the Alexander | 10 | | County Democratic Women's Organization, captain for the | 11 | | Mother's March on Polio and Child Defects, chairman of the | 12 | | Korean War Memorial Fund, chairman of the Alexander Cerebral | 13 | | Palsy Drive, secretary and organizational chairman for the Red | 14 | | Cross Drive, serving as a leader in Brownie and Girl Scouting | 15 | | for seven years, chairman of the Alexander County Crippled | 16 | | Children Drive, and as a member of the President's White House | 17 | | Conference on Youth; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Clarke was also well known for writing and | 19 | | obtaining grants which provided the original funding for the | 20 | | nutrition program, the Daystar nursing home, and the Southern | 21 | | Five Regional Planning Commission; and she was the recipient of | 22 | | the Harry Ring Outstanding Service Award; and | 23 | | WHEREAS, In addition to her parents, Mrs. Clarke was |
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| 1 | | preceded in death by her son, Peter J. Clarke, Jr.; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Sarah Jane Clarke is survived by her husband, | 3 | | Peter J. Clarke; her three daughters, Mary Candace (Richard) | 4 | | Keates, Linda K. (Willis) Jackson, and Sally Ann Harrington; | 5 | | her two sons, John A. "Andy" Clarke and Judge Mark H. (Susan) | 6 | | Clarke; her brother, Charles Travers; her ten grandchildren; | 7 | | her four great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, | 8 | | other relatives, and many friends; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 | | mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Sarah | 12 | | Jane Clarke; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Sarah Jane Clarke as a symbol of our | 15 | | sincere sympathy.
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