Full Text of SR1051 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Ruth Burton Foney, who passed away on | 4 | | December 22, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney was born on July 3, 1924, in Mantua, | 6 | | Alabama; her parents were Mater Burton and Willie S. Burton; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney was a graduate of Druid City High | 9 | | School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; she subsequently continued her | 10 | | education at Stillman College; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In the 1940s, Ruth Foney moved to Chicago, where | 12 | | she became the faithful wife of Eugene Foney, Sr.; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney worked at Swift and Company and later | 14 | | retired from Spiegel, Inc.; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney enjoyed cooking meals for her family, | 16 | | walking, and riding the bus to visit her family and friends; | 17 | | and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney accepted Christ at an early age and | 19 | | joined Mt. Sinai Methodist Church in Mantua, Alabama; she later |
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| 1 | | joined Greater Walters AME Methodist Church in Chicago, where | 2 | | she served on the usher board; in the early 1950s, she she also | 3 | | attended Faith United Methodist Church; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney was preceded in death by her husband, | 5 | | Eugene, and her parents; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney is survived by her son, Eugene Foney, | 7 | | Jr.; her daughter, Jennifer Foney; her granddaughter, Ariel | 8 | | Dale-Foney; her sister, Evary Parker; her sisters-in-law, | 9 | | Bessie Foney, Carrie Foney, and Bernice Brown; her | 10 | | brother-in-law, Roosevelt Brown; and her many special nieces, | 11 | | nephews, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 | | her family and friends, the passing of Ruth Burton Foney; and | 15 | | be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Ruth Foney as an expression of our | 18 | | sympathy.
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