Full Text of HR1439 99th 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 Catherine | 4 | | J. "Kaye" Howell, who passed away on October 5, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Catherine Howell was born on April 15, 1935 in | 6 | | Benton; her parents were Lena Pearline Reed and Lloyd Reed; she | 7 | | married Charles Lindy Barnfield at a young age; she married | 8 | | Charles E. Howell on June 28, 1974 in Benton; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Catherine Howell attended Old Baron and Hill City | 10 | | Schools before entering Benton High School; she later attended | 11 | | the Vocational Technical Institute at Southern Illinois | 12 | | University, where she completed a two-year degree program in | 13 | | commercial art; she went on earn her Bachelor of Arts in art | 14 | | education at Southern Illinois University in order to become an | 15 | | art teacher; she continued her education at Southern Illinois | 16 | | University, where she obtained her Master of Arts degree in | 17 | | higher education and a Specialist degree in higher education; | 18 | | she also attended classes at the Art Institute of Chicago and | 19 | | the Atlanta Art Institute; as an honors student, she was | 20 | | nominated for and became a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and | 21 | | Delta Kappa Gamma Honor societies; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, After college, Catherine Howell became a |
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| 1 | | traveling teacher, providing art classes to the various | 2 | | elementary schools in the district; after several years in | 3 | | Benton, she became an art teacher at Marion High School; while | 4 | | at Marion High School, she developed a vocational commercial | 5 | | art program while also teaching studio, pottery, print making, | 6 | | and other media; she was the founder of the Arts Honor Society | 7 | | program at the high school; she also taught studio classes at | 8 | | Southern Illinois University and John A. Logan College; | 9 | | following her retirement from Marion High School, she continued | 10 | | her career at John A. Logan College until she fully retired at | 11 | | the age of 73; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Catherine Howell was a partner in the advertising | 13 | | firm of Preston and Howell, Inc.; she was a member of the | 14 | | Advisory Board of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; | 15 | | she was a higher education Curriculum Evaluator for the North | 16 | | Central Association; she was a founding member, president, and | 17 | | board member of the Little Egypt Arts Association; she was a | 18 | | founding member of the Downstate Artists Association; she was | 19 | | also a member of the Advisory Board of Mitchell Museum, a board | 20 | | member of The Hartley, and founder of the Little Egypt Writers | 21 | | Society; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Catherine Howell was one of the longest serving | 23 | | Democratic precinct committeewomen in Williamson County; she | 24 | | was also a founder of the Williamson County Democratic Women's |
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| 1 | | Association, Honorary Chairwoman of the Williamson County | 2 | | Democratic Party, and a member of its executive committee; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Catherine Howell was an award winning artist for | 4 | | over 50 years, painting in various styles and utilizing various | 5 | | media to create her art; her art has been added to private | 6 | | collections throughout the United States and Europe; she was | 7 | | also an author and took part in many book signings and readings | 8 | | in the area; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Catherine Howell was a member of the Aldersgate | 10 | | United Methodist Church of Marion and the Homebuilders Sunday | 11 | | School Class; she was also a 50-year member of Beta Sigma Phi | 12 | | Sorority and a member of the American Association of University | 13 | | Women, the Farm Bureau, and the SIU Alumni Association; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Catherine Howell was named Art Educator of the | 15 | | Year by the State of Illinois and was a runner up for Teacher | 16 | | of the Year; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Catherine Howell was preceded in death by her | 18 | | parents; her son, Timothy Michael Barnfield; her grandson, | 19 | | Timothy Christian Barnfield; her sisters, Judith Milligan, | 20 | | Mary Helen Bennett, and Nancy Shaw; and her brother, Marvin | 21 | | "Butch" Reed; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Catherine Howell is survived by her husband, | 2 | | Charles E. Howell; her sons and daughter-in-law, Alan | 3 | | (Victoria) Barnfield and Robert Barnfield; her granddaughters, | 4 | | Stephanie Barnfield (Scott) Holman and Alyssa Barnfield | 5 | | Ochwat; her great-grandson, Wesley Lovan; her stepdaughters, | 6 | | Crystal (David) Culp and Carla Hudgens; her sister, Janis | 7 | | (Skip) Thomas; her brother, David (Pauletta) Goodin; her | 8 | | special family members, Dorothy Nolan and Karla Webb; her | 9 | | caregivers, Jewell Young, Peggy Forthman, Carmen Allen, Ann | 10 | | Marie Mayo, Victoria Hartley, and Curt Hartley; and many | 11 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 15 | | Catherine J. "Kaye" Howell; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Catherine Howell as an expression of | 18 | | our sympathy.
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