Full Text of SR0802 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 Kathryn Williams Timmes of Peoria, who | 4 | | passed away on October 8, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was born in Ashland, Kentucky to | 6 | | Almira and Willie Williams on January 10, 1931; she attended | 7 | | high school at the Swift Memorial Institute, a private boarding | 8 | | school in Rogersville, Tennessee; her undergraduate education | 9 | | was at Bennett College, an all-girls, historically-black | 10 | | college in Greensboro, North Carolina; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes began her career teaching fourth | 12 | | grade in New York City; after a few years, she moved to Peoria | 13 | | and worked at the Carver Center; after a year, she taught at | 14 | | the Spalding Institute and the Academy of Our Lady; she then | 15 | | began her 50-year career with District 150 and taught at | 16 | | Douglas Elementary School and counseled students at Manual and | 17 | | Woodruff High Schools; generations of young people came to know | 18 | | "Miss Timmes" as teacher, mentor, advisor, and adopted mom; 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 preceded in death by her | 3 | | husband of 59 years, John Timmes, and her daughter, Janique | 4 | | "Jan"; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes is survived by her daughter, | 6 | | Johnna; her closest sister-girlfriend, Jeanne St. Julian; and | 7 | | numerous extended family members, church members, neighbors, | 8 | | friends, former students, and colleagues; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Kathryn Williams Timmes and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Kathryn Timmes as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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