Full Text of SR0500 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Jeanne St. Julian of Peoria, who | 4 | | passed away on September 25, 2023; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne St. Julian was born to Rev. Benjamin and | 6 | | Lillian (Graves) Wood in Austin, Texas on May 28, 1934; she was | 7 | | raised in the Church of God in Christ, where her father served | 8 | | as a reverend; as a young woman, she participated in the Texas | 9 | | State Ms. Bronze Pageant, placing third; she received her | 10 | | Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from Huston-Tillotson | 11 | | College in Austin, Texas; while an undergraduate student, she | 12 | | became a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; she | 13 | | earned her Master of Arts in Guidance and Counseling from | 14 | | Bradley University in Peoria; she also completed postgraduate | 15 | | hours at the University of Illinois, Western Illinois | 16 | | University, and Illinois State University; she married Grant | 17 | | St. Julian Jr. in Beaumont, Texas on December 26, 1955; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne St. Julian was an educator who devoted | 19 | | much of her career to the Peoria Public Schools District 150, | 20 | | where she worked as a guidance counselor at Richwoods High | 21 | | School, an elementary teacher at Lincoln, White, and Webster | 22 | | Schools, and a home counselor at Irving and Lincoln Schools; | 23 | | prior to becoming an educator, she worked as a children's |
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| 1 | | librarian at the Peoria Public Library, a service | 2 | | representative at the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, and a | 3 | | counselor for the Neighborhood Youth Corps Summer Programs; | 4 | | after retirement, she worked as a study hall supervisor at | 5 | | Manual and Richwoods High Schools; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne St. Julian served on the Catholic | 7 | | Interracial Council, the Urban League Guild, the Urban | 8 | | League's Tomorrow's Scientists, Technicians and Managers | 9 | | Advisory Committee, the Board of Directors of Women's | 10 | | Strength, and the Board of Directors of George Washington | 11 | | Carver Community Center; she was a life member of the NAACP and | 12 | | a member of the State of Illinois Right-to-Read Program; she | 13 | | served as mistress of ceremonies for Peoria's annual debutante | 14 | | ball for many years; for her extensive community service, she | 15 | | was inducted into the African American Hall of Fame of | 16 | | Downstate Illinois; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne St. Julian's commitment to education and | 18 | | the Peoria community led her, along with her family, to create | 19 | | two local scholarships, the Peoria Tri-County Urban League's | 20 | | TSTM St. Julian Family Scholarship and the Illinois Central | 21 | | College Grant St. Julian Keep Jazz Alive! Scholarship; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne St. Julian was an excellent seamstress, an | 23 | | avid crafter, and a world-class shopper who was known for her |
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| 1 | | creativity, her exquisite sense of style, and her skills in | 2 | | acting and public speaking; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne St. Julian was preceded in death by her | 4 | | husband; her parents; her brother, Benjamin Wood Jr.; and her | 5 | | sisters, Daisy Jackson, Marie Wood, and Jackie Wood; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne St. Julian is survived by her children, | 7 | | Grant St. Julian III, Andrea Renee, and Tanya Suzanne; her | 8 | | daughter-in-law, Judy St. Julian; her son-in-law, Michael | 9 | | Alexander; her grandchildren, Andrew (Paige) St. Julian and | 10 | | Stacie (Peter) Paciorek; five great-grandchildren; and her | 11 | | brothers, James (Hannah) Wood and Michael Wood; therefore, be | 12 | | it | 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Jeanne St. Julian and extend our sincere condolences to her | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 17 | | further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Jeanne St. Julian as an expression | 20 | | of our deepest sympathy. |
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