Full Text of HR1386 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 Dr. Marie | 4 | | Wilkinson of Aurora, who passed away on August 12, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born May 6, 1909 in New Orleans, Louisiana | 6 | | as Marie LeBeau; she moved to Aurora in 1929 and married auto | 7 | | mechanic Charles Wilkinson three years later; she was known as | 8 | | the matriarch of Aurora and spent most of her 101 years giving | 9 | | back to the city she called home; she fed the hungry, clothed | 10 | | the poor, and convinced politicians to enact fair laws and | 11 | | fought for equal rights for everyone; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1961, she started the St. Vincent DePaul Center | 13 | | on Sard Avenue in Aurora with the help of St. Peter's Church; | 14 | | she also helped form the Quad County Urban League, Aurora's | 15 | | Human Relations Commission (which she chaired for 40 years), | 16 | | and the food pantry and child development center that bear her | 17 | | name; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, She was a strong crusader for civil rights and | 19 | | worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and met Rosa Parks and | 20 | | Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till; in 2001, she | 21 | | received the Lumen Christi Award, the Catholic Church's highest | 22 | | honor for missionary work; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles | 2 | | and Maude (Robinson) La Beau; her husband, Charles Wilkinson; | 3 | | her son, Donald Wilkinson; her grandson, Craig Wilkinson; her | 4 | | brother, Edward La Beau, Sr.; her paternal grandparents, Robert | 5 | | and Lena Robinson; her maternal grandmother, Olympia Glapion; | 6 | | and her aunt and uncle, Arthur and Hazel Ogden; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Wilkinson is survived by her daughter, Sheila | 8 | | Scott-Wilkinson; her two granddaughters, Donna Wilkinson and | 9 | | Michelle Wilkinson; her great-grandson, Christopher Wilkinson; | 10 | | and a host of nieces, nephews, friends, and other relatives; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Dr. | 15 | | Marie Wilkinson; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Dr. Marie Wilkinson as a symbol of | 18 | | our sincere sympathy.
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