Full Text of HR0764 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 Kate | 4 | | Lane, who passed away on February 2, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kate Lane was born in Memphis, Tennessee to Fred | 6 | | and Gladys Peoples on April 12, 1937; she grew up in Memphis, | 7 | | where she attended school and was a member of the Metropolitan | 8 | | Baptist Church; she relocated to Chicago in 1953 and married | 9 | | Glen Lane; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Kate Lane joined the Bethel Lutheran Church in | 11 | | August of 1965; she was active with the Lutheran Church
Women | 12 | | and served on the executive committee of the Synod Women's
| 13 | | Organization; she joined the staff of Bethel New Life in 1979 | 14 | | as coordinator of
housing initiatives and later director, where | 15 | | she directed senior home repairs and
supervised the rehab of | 16 | | the Monroe Leamington Cooperative
and other projects; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Kate Lane was the "landlord" for former President | 18 | | Jimmy
Carter and welcomed him and Roselyn to the soon-to-be | 19 | | rehabbed Guyon
building while he was a part of the Habitat for | 20 | | Humanity, building four homes
in cooperation with Bethel; her | 21 | | largest project was the Beth-Anne Center
(former St. Anne | 22 | | Hospital); and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Kate Lane shared her culinary skills as the chief | 2 | | cook for Bethel's Gumbo
Gala held in the Garfield Park | 3 | | Conservatory; she also joined friend Mary Nelson in global | 4 | | travel; they went to
Germany to visit Mary's family and gave | 5 | | presentations on Bethel; she later traveled with Mary to | 6 | | Tanzania, visiting Lutheran outposts and
communities; she also | 7 | | traveled to Australia and Timor Lestea and shared
with rural | 8 | | community leaders; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Kate Lane retired from Bethel New
Life in 2004 and | 10 | | shared her wisdom and conviviality from her home; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Kate Lane was preceded in death by her husband, | 12 | | Glen; her parents, Fred and Gladys Peoples; her brother, | 13 | | Clarence; her sisters, Alice and Nellie; her granddaughter, | 14 | | Linda; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Kate Lane is survived by her children, Marcia | 16 | | (Bernard), Ronald, and Linda; her sister, Barbara; her | 17 | | grandchildren, Nathon (Kristen), Natalie, Glenda (Michael),
| 18 | | and Tyrone; and her great-grandchildren, Naailah, Ariel, | 19 | | Mikey,
Afawape, Ashanti, and Malik; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we mourn the passing of Kate Lane and extend our sincere | 2 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 3 | | her; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Kate Lane as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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