Full Text of HR1036 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are honored to recognize and join together in | 4 | | celebrating the life and legacy of Victoria Earlene Burten | 5 | | Jefferson; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Victoria Earlene Burten was born on November 24, | 7 | | 1921, in Waco, Texas, to Alex Joshua Burten and Zollie Mae; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Victoria Burten married Lee Andrew Jefferson on | 9 | | January 15, 1938; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Jefferson was the proud mother of eleven | 11 | | children, Lee A. Jr., Joyce A., Robert E.,
Charles E., Kenneth | 12 | | J., Linda L., Frank J., Dorthy S., Patsy J., Amie S., and Karen | 13 | | R.; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Jefferson passed away in Rockford, on | 15 | | December 30, 2003; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Jefferson is remembered by all to be a very | 17 | | loving mother to her children and all of the children of the | 18 | | neighborhood, and devoted to her church, Greater Calvary in | 19 | | Rockford, where her son, Frank, serves as pastor; therefore, be | 20 | | it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we remember and honor Victoria Earlene Burten Jefferson on May | 4 | | 12, 2012 in Rockford, where her son, Illinois State | 5 | | Representative Chuck Jefferson, will hold a special Mothers' | 6 | | Day Luncheon to celebrate her life and legacy; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Victoria Earlene Burten Jefferson as | 10 | | a symbol of esteem and respect.
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