Full Text of HR0812 98th 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 Earlean | 4 | | Lindsey of Chicago, who passed away on January 8, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Earlean Lindsey was born on August 4, 1925 in | 6 | | Sawyerville, Alabama to Willie "Bo" and Ethel Taylor; she spent | 7 | | her early years in rural Alabama and moved to Chicago in 1946; | 8 | | she married Bernard Lindsey in 1952; following his passing in | 9 | | 1981, she married Robert Calhoun; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Earlean Lindsey's early jobs were in the domestic | 11 | | and restaurant industry, but in 1959 she moved to the Westside | 12 | | of Chicago and began a career as a community organizer; she was | 13 | | one of the founders of the Westside Association for Community | 14 | | Action, where she was elected President for life; she was a | 15 | | founder and board member emeritus for the Center for New | 16 | | Horizons, an original member of the University of Illinois | 17 | | Urban Health Program Advisory Council, founding member of the | 18 | | University of Illinois Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center's | 19 | | Community Advisory Council, former President of the Heritage | 20 | | Manor, and a founding member of the Chicago Commons | 21 | | Association's Jackie Robinson House; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Earlean Lindsey was a strong advocate for |
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| 1 | | education; she was active with Malcolm X College in its early | 2 | | years and was a former member of Chicago Public School District | 3 | | 9's local school council; she was a past board member of the | 4 | | Corporate Community Schools of America; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Earlean Lindsey was also passionate about | 6 | | healthcare; she was one of the pioneers in the advent of | 7 | | Community Health Centers and served on a committee for | 8 | | President John F. Kennedy's Commission on Community Mental | 9 | | Health Centers; during the 1960s and 1970s she gave workshops | 10 | | and seminars on community health and organizing across the | 11 | | United States and abroad, and she was one of the first | 12 | | Presidents of the National Association of Community Health | 13 | | Centers; she was an original member of the Mile Square | 14 | | Federation and one of the founders of the Mile Square Health | 15 | | Center; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Earlean Lindsey received numerous awards and | 17 | | recognitions for her community service and leadership; most | 18 | | notably, she was recognized in the United States House of | 19 | | Representatives for her community service in 1998, and the City | 20 | | of Chicago dedicated the street corner of Damen and Washington | 21 | | as "Mrs. Lindsey Drive" in her honor; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Earlean Lindsey was a member of Pilgrim Rest | 23 | | Missionary Baptist Church on the Westside of Chicago for 55 |
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| 1 | | years; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Earlean Lindsey was preceded in death by her | 3 | | parents; her step-mother, Vileter Taylor; her children, Earl, | 4 | | Ethel, Donald, and Michael; her grandchild, Cletus; her | 5 | | step-child, Bernard, Jr.; her brothers, Frank, Robert, Jacob, | 6 | | Richard, Curtis, Carlton, R.L., Joseph, and Edward; and her | 7 | | first and second husbands Bernard and Robert; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Earlean Lindsey is survived by her daughters, | 9 | | Janice, Pamela, and Patricia (Leroy); her sons, Leroy, Garnell, | 10 | | and Marvin (Beverly); her Godson, Johnny Brown; her brothers, | 11 | | Willie, Jimmie (Hazel), James, Luke (Mary), and Henry (Mamie); | 12 | | her sisters, Annie Pearl (Joe Lee) and Leslie; her 20 | 13 | | grandchildren; her dozens of great-grandchildren and | 14 | | great-great-grandchildren; and countless nieces, nephews, and | 15 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we mourn the passing of Earlean Lindsey, and extend our sincere | 19 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 20 | | her; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Earlean Lindsey as an expression of our deepest |
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