Full Text of HR0546 101st 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 Kathryn | 4 | | Williams Timmes of Peoria, who passed away on October 8, 2019; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was born in Ashland, Kentucky to | 7 | | Almira and Willie Williams on January 10, 1931; she attended | 8 | | high school at the Swift Memorial Institute, a private boarding | 9 | | school in Rogersville, Tennessee; her undergraduate education | 10 | | was at Bennett College, an all-girls, historically-black | 11 | | college in Greensboro, North Carolina; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes began her career teaching fourth | 13 | | grade in New York City; after a few years, she moved to Peoria | 14 | | and worked at the Carver Center; after a year, she taught at | 15 | | the Spalding Institute and the Academy of Our Lady; she then | 16 | | began her 50-year career with District 150 and taught at | 17 | | Douglas Elementary School and counseled students at Manual and | 18 | | Woodruff High Schools; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was the first president of the | 20 | | Heritage Ensemble and a charter member of Delta Sigma Theta | 21 | | Sorority, Peoria Alumnae Chapter; she had many | 22 | | accomplishments, but her greatest pride and joy was her role as |
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| 1 | | a wife, mother, and daughter; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was a founding member of Leader | 3 | | Gordon-Booth's Kitchen Cabinet, a group of smart, fierce, | 4 | | loving women from the community that saw promise and talent in | 5 | | a young 24-year-old woman who wanted to serve her community; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was preceded in death by her | 8 | | husband of 59 years, John Timmes, and her daughter, Janique | 9 | | "Jan"; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes is survived by her daughter, | 11 | | Johnna; her closest sister-girlfriend, Jeanne St. Julian; and | 12 | | numerous extended family members, church members, neighbors, | 13 | | friends, former students, and colleagues; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we mourn the passing of Kathryn Williams Timmes and extend our | 17 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 18 | | and loved her; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Kathryn Timmes as an expression of | 21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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