Full Text of SR0049 098th General Assembly
SR0049 98TH 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 Judy Tucker, who passed away on January | 4 | | 21, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judy Tucker was born on September 1, 1943, in | 6 | | Cincinnati, Ohio; in 1955, she and her family moved to Markham, | 7 | | where she was raised and completed her formal education; after | 8 | | traveling throughout the country as a military wife with her | 9 | | former spouse and 5 children, she remarried and moved her | 10 | | family to Chicago in 1972; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Judy Tucker attended Victor Business School in | 12 | | Evergreen Park in 1971; after graduation, she became affiliated | 13 | | with the WIN Program (Work Initiative Program), where she | 14 | | acquired employment as an intern with United States | 15 | | Representative Ralph Metcalfe Sr.; after the WIN internship, | 16 | | she served as the Executive Secretary to Committeeman Metcalfe | 17 | | Sr. in the 3rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization from 1972 | 18 | | to 1975; she also served as the Congressional Aide to | 19 | | Congressman Metcalfe from 1976 until his death in October of | 20 | | 1978; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Continuing her career in government, Judy Tucker | 22 | | served as the Executive Secretary/Office Manager to Ralph |
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| 1 | | Metcalfe Jr., Candidate for Alderman of the 3rd Ward Regular | 2 | | Democratic Organization, from 1978 to 1980; from 1980 to 1982, | 3 | | she worked for Rachel R. Ridley, the Director of the City of | 4 | | Chicago Commission on Human Relations; she later worked for | 5 | | Alderman Tyrone Kenner as the Secretary of Public Utilities | 6 | | from 1982 to 1983 and as the Secretary of the Committee on | 7 | | Finance from 1983 to 1985; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, On the recommendation of then-Alderman Bobby | 9 | | Rush, Judy Tucker was recommended for the position of Office | 10 | | Manager to Commissioner Jerry Butler during Butler's | 11 | | successfully candidacy for Cook County Commissioner from 1985 | 12 | | to 1986; in 1986, Alderman Rush extended an offer to her to | 13 | | serve as his Executive Secretary in the 2nd Ward Regular | 14 | | Democratic Organization; since his elevation to Honorable U.S. | 15 | | Congressman of the First Congressional District in 1992, Judy | 16 | | has held several key positions under Congressman Bobby Rush's | 17 | | tutelage, most notably as the Director of Constituent Services, | 18 | | where she served until her passing; as Director of Constituent | 19 | | Services, she successfully developed valuable working | 20 | | relationships with many constituents both on the governmental | 21 | | and non-governmental levels; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Judy Tucker was a faithful member of Miracle House | 23 | | of Prayer Church in Chicago; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Judy Tucker is survived by her loving husband of | 2 | | 38 years, Elisheous Tucker, and her 5 children; therefore, be | 3 | | it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 | | her family and friends, the passing of Judy Tucker; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Judy Tucker as an expression of our | 10 | | sympathy.
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