Full Text of HR1221 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 Earline | 4 | | (nee Colbert) Rivers, who passed away on June 29, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers was born in Chicago on November 7, | 6 | | 1940 to John Harry and Gladys Colbert; she graduated from | 7 | | Englewood High School, and attended Northern Illinois | 8 | | University; she married Alvin Donald Rivers in 1965; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers worked as a pharmaceutical sales | 10 | | representative and later as a real estate agent; she also | 11 | | served as an office manager at her daughter's law firm for 8 | 12 | | years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers was a member of Trinity United | 14 | | Church of Christ, where she served on the Food Share Ministry; | 15 | | she was an auxiliary board member of the Black Ensemble | 16 | | Theater, where she helped raised funds, coordinate events, and | 17 | | acted as a hostess; she attended several weekly "Silver | 18 | | Sneakers" classes at the YMCA, and worked tirelessly on her | 19 | | daughters's successful campaign for Cook County Circuit Court | 20 | | Judge; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers had a passion for dance and enjoyed |
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| 1 | | watching "Dancing with the Stars"; she also enjoyed | 2 | | storytelling, gardening, cooking, skiing, camping, bowling, | 3 | | tennis, and many other outdoor activities; she was an active | 4 | | member of the Sno-Gophers Ski Club, serving in several | 5 | | capacities, including President; in 1999, she walked a marathon | 6 | | in Anchorage, Alaska to raise money for Leukemia research; she | 7 | | loved to travel and visited Italy, France, Egypt, Monaco, | 8 | | Switzerland, and Canada; she traveled extensively throughout | 9 | | the United States; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers was preceded in death by her | 11 | | parents, and by her siblings, James Otha McLaughlin, George | 12 | | McLaughlin, and Gladys Eugenia Ward; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers is survived by her children, Byron | 14 | | (Alena) Rivers and the Honorable Kristal (Harry) Rivers; her | 15 | | grandchildren, Olivia Noelle and Evelyn Rose Rivers; and a host | 16 | | of family and loved ones, including her dearest friend, Sylvia | 17 | | Morris, and her dog, Chewbacca; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we mourn the passing of Earline Rivers, and extend our sincere | 21 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 22 | | her; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Earline Rivers as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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