Full Text of HR0999 100th 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 Ivy Lewis | 4 | | Parker of Chicago, who passed away on December 12, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ivy Parker was born in the Ninth Ward of New | 6 | | Orleans, Louisiana to Ivy L. Davis and Effie Jones on December | 7 | | 31, 1950; in 1964, her family migrated to Chicago, where she | 8 | | attended John Marshall High School; following high school, she | 9 | | studied at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, | 10 | | Kennedy King College in Chicago, and Chicago State University; | 11 | | in 1977, while on a break from her collegiate studies, she | 12 | | married Richard Samuel Parker; she earned a degree in computer | 13 | | science and a minor in mathematics from Chicago State in 1984; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ivy Parker was a math teacher in the Chicago | 16 | | Public Schools and taught at Phillips, Dunbar, Tesla, Harlan, | 17 | | Orr, and Nancy Jefferson; she retired in 2009 and then | 18 | | established a successful home tutoring business; in 2015, she | 19 | | became a managing partner and founder of Suite Little Feet | 20 | | Incorporated; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ivy Parker was preceded in death by her parents | 22 | | and her sister, Mary; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ivy Parker is survived by her husband, Richard; | 2 | | her son, Jasand; her grandson, Ryan; her brothers, Stephen Sr. | 3 | | and David; her nieces, Deidra, Kelli, and Keri; her nephews, | 4 | | Stephen Jr., Samuel Jr., Sterling, Deon, and Austin; her | 5 | | sister-in-law, Sandy; and her cousins, Nona, JoAnn, Aisha, | 6 | | Dawud, and Rome; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 | | mourn the passing of Ivy Lewis Parker and extend our sincere | 10 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 11 | | her; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Ivy Parker as an expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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