Full Text of SR1218 98th 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 Anna Hayden Townsend of Chicago; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Anna Townsend was born in Cythianna, Kentucky on | 5 | | February 20, 1923 to Ed and Katie Hayden; she graduated from | 6 | | Western High School in Paris in 1941 and attended Kentucky | 7 | | State College before joining the Women's Army Corp in 1943; she | 8 | | married Frank Townsend in 1946 and they had 3 children, | 9 | | Patricia, Cleveland, and Lavelle; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Anna Townsend was a licensed cosmetologist; she | 11 | | retired in 1993 from the Chicago Police Department after 31 | 12 | | years of service as a data entry specialist; she worked with | 13 | | co-workers to start the AFSCME union local for civilians at the | 14 | | Chicago Police Department central headquarters; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Anna Townsend believed in getting involved in her | 16 | | community and local politics; she joined the Young Democrats in | 17 | | the early 1960s; she served as a board member of the Henry | 18 | | Booth House, as a Brownie and Intermediate Girl Scout troop | 19 | | leader and Boy Scout den mother, and she actively participated | 20 | | in the Parent-Teacher Associations in the schools that her | 21 | | children attended; she volunteered with the March of Dimes, the | 22 | | Cancer Society, the United Negro College Fund, the Urban |
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| 1 | | League, the Renaissance Court in the Chicago Cultural Center, | 2 | | and The South Shore Opera Guild; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Anna Townsend was a resident of the South Shore | 4 | | neighborhood for the past 42 years; she was a life-long member | 5 | | of the Methodist Church, and, most recently, a member of South | 6 | | Shore United Methodist Church; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Anna Townsend is survived by her brother, Paul | 8 | | Hayden; her daughter, Patricia Townsend Knazze; her son, | 9 | | Cleveland Townsend (Theresa); and her granddaughters, Lisa | 10 | | Knazze Washington (Walter, Jr.), Kaira, and Kealy Townsend; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Anna Hayden Townsend, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Anna Townsend as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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