Full Text of SR0404 93rd General Assembly
SR0404 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Hester Clarise Clarkston | 4 |
| Estelle on January 25, 2004; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Estelle was born on July 19, 1917, in Chicago | 6 |
| to Lyda Mae Clarkston and Lucas Chauncey Clarkston; she | 7 |
| graduated from James McCosh Elementary School and received a | 8 |
| diploma in General Science from Englewood High School; she was | 9 |
| awarded an associate's degree in early childhood development | 10 |
| from Kennedy King College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in | 11 |
| education from Roosevelt University; she met Charles F. Estelle | 12 |
| Sr. while they were both members of the Young Peoples Choir at | 13 |
| Woodlawn African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, and they | 14 |
| were married on June 11, 1938; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Estelle's faith in God was a major part of | 16 |
| her life; she had been a member of St. Mark United Methodist | 17 |
| Church since 1978, where she participated in the Clair Young | 18 |
| Circle of the United Methodist Women, the Chancel Choir, and | 19 |
| served on various program committees; she especially enjoyed | 20 |
| singing in Handel's Messiah with the Chancel Choir; she was an | 21 |
| original member of the Young Peoples Choir, now called the | 22 |
| Aeolian Chorale at Woodlawn Church; she was a Sunday School | 23 |
| Superintendent at St. John A.M.E. Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Estelle was actively involved in her | 25 |
| community; she was Chairman of the Advisory Council of the | 26 |
| Englewood Urban Progress Center, now called the Department of | 27 |
| Human Services (DHS) Englewood office, and was a member of the | 28 |
| Ogden Park Advisory Council, the National Association of | 29 |
| University Women, the Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity, | 30 |
| and the 65th and Carpenter Block Club; she was a Precinct | 31 |
| Election Official for the Circuit Court of Cook County, PTA | 32 |
| President of the Perkins and Bass Elementary Schools, and she |
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| was appointed by the late Mayor Richard J. Daly to his Citizens | 2 |
| Advisory Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Estelle was employed for 22 years with the | 4 |
| City of Chicago DHS Head Start Program; she organized Head | 5 |
| Start Centers, developed workshops, and supervised and trained | 6 |
| workers; she founded one of Chicago's first Head Start Centers | 7 |
| at St. John A.M.E. Church; she retired in 1987 from the | 8 |
| Salvation Army's Brainerd Head Start Center, where she was | 9 |
| Acting Director; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Hester Clarice Clarkston Estelle | 11 |
| has been deeply felt by many, especially her daughter, Elaine | 12 |
| Williams; her sons, Charles F. Estelle Jr. and Anthony E. | 13 |
| Estelle; her son-in-law, Samuel J. Williams Sr.; her | 14 |
| grandchildren, Camille A. Simmons (Victor Sr.), Denise T. | 15 |
| Nicholes (Walter), Samuel J. Williams Jr., Carrie Estelle, | 16 |
| Matthew Estelle, Lucas Estelle, Camel Bates Jr., and Anthony | 17 |
| Bates; her great-grandchildren, April Henderson, Ashley | 18 |
| Simmons, Victor T. Simmons Jr., Taylor Nicholes, Erika | 19 |
| Nicholes, O'Shay Bates, and Latham Estelle; her sisters, | 20 |
| Cecelia M. Guice and Muriel J. Clarkston; her sisters-in-law, | 21 |
| Grace Estelle and Emmerine Clarkston; her brother-in-law, | 22 |
| Jewel Armstrong; and her many nieces, nephews, and friends; she | 23 |
| was preceded in death by her husband, Charles F. Estelle Sr. | 24 |
| and her beloved daughter, Frances Bates; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 26 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 27 |
| Hester Clarise Clarkston Estelle, and we extend our deepest | 28 |
| sympathy to her friends, family, and all who knew and loved | 29 |
| her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 31 |
| presented to the family of Mrs. Estelle as an expression of our | 32 |
| deepest sympathy.
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