Full Text of SR0742 101st 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 Rev. Peggie D. Senor of Springfield, who | 4 | | passed away on October 17, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Senor was born in Springfield to George and | 6 | | Virginia Neal on February 3, 1934; she graduated from Feitshans | 7 | | High School in Springfield in 1950 and married Clarence Lester | 8 | | Senor on January 2, 1951; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Senor was a stay-at-home mom with seven | 10 | | children and worked for Scott Catering, serving at parties; she | 11 | | was a data entry operator at Stat Tab and was then employed by | 12 | | Security Federal, retiring after 27 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Senor's community involvement included many | 14 | | PTOs, the Washington Street Mission, the Lincoln Library Board, | 15 | | and serving as Chaplain at the Sangamon County Juvenile | 16 | | Detention Center; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Senor was a member of St. John African | 18 | | Methodist Episcopal Church; she served as Superintendent of | 19 | | Sunday School at St. John A.M.E. Church; she became an ordained | 20 | | Local Elder in the A.M.E. Church, served as pastor of Allen | 21 | | Chapel A.M.E. Church in Lincoln, and taught Wednesday noon |
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| 1 | | Bible study at St. John A.M.E. and Monday night Bible study; | 2 | | she started the Sunday 8am worship service; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Senor had a passion for creating poetry, art, | 4 | | and paper dolls; in her later years, she would create a | 5 | | computer-generated card for each child, grandchild, and | 6 | | great-grandchild, which included one of her special personally | 7 | | written poems; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Senor was affectionately known as Rev. | 9 | | Peggie, Big Peggie, Grandma, and Mama; her front porch and | 10 | | dining rooms were special places for her large family and | 11 | | friends; often in the 1960s, she and other neighborhood | 12 | | families could be seen roller skating at Iles School Gym on | 13 | | Monday evenings in the summers; she was a Falcon Drum and Bugle | 14 | | Corps Mom, sewing, cooking, and preparing for competition; her | 15 | | favorite passion was finding treasures at Goodwill and The | 16 | | Salvation Army; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Senor was preceded in death by her husband of | 18 | | 59 years, Clarence, and her sister, Eleanor Chandler; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Senor is survived by her children, Deborah | 20 | | (Dave) Burns, L. Kevin (Linda) Senor, Candice (John) Trees, C. | 21 | | Neal Senor, Patricia (Donald) Carter, Herman (Valeria) Senor, | 22 | | and Mark Senor; her step-daughter, Mary E. (Freddie, deceased) |
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| 1 | | Nunn; 19 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; numerous | 2 | | nieces, nephews, and cousins; her sister-in-law, Betty Lou | 3 | | Work; and her special friend, Retired Presiding Elder Sammy | 4 | | Hooks; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Rev. Peggie D. Senor and extend our sincere condolences to her | 8 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Rev. Senor as an expression of our | 12 | | deepest sympathy.
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