Full Text of HR0522 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Cherie | 4 | | Geraldine Patterson, who passed away on September 16, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Cherie Patterson was born to Owen J. Sr. and Ruth | 6 | | H. Patterson on February 26, 1928; she attended Chicago Public | 7 | | Schools and loved clothes and sports and was a social | 8 | | butterfly; she was the prom queen of Englewood High School, | 9 | | where she graduated with honors at the age of 16 and enrolled | 10 | | in college the same year; she married James D. Steele and they | 11 | | settled in the Chatham neighborhood; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Cherie Patterson earned a bachelor's degree from | 13 | | Northeastern Illinois University, followed by both a master's | 14 | | degree and a PhD in Public Administration; she was a life-long | 15 | | learner and passed her love of learning to her children and | 16 | | grandchildren; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Cherie Patterson coached Little League Baseball, | 18 | | chaperoned field trips, drove her children and their friends to | 19 | | countless dance and swimming lessons, and attended PTA | 20 | | meetings; she loved to bowl and passed her love of the game to | 21 | | her children, enrolling them in bowling leagues at a young age; | 22 | | she organized her community around issues, sparking her |
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| 1 | | interest in politics; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Cherie Patterson joined Trinity United Church of | 3 | | Christ in January 1987; she was as committed to her church as | 4 | | she was committed to education and her family; she was ordained | 5 | | as a deacon in December 2002; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, After the passing of her first husband, Cherie | 7 | | Patterson married Otis Mitchell, and, for 21 years, they | 8 | | traveled domestically and internationally, golfed, and became | 9 | | snow birds in Florida; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Cherie Patterson was preceded in death by her | 11 | | first husband, James; her second husband, Otis; her parents; | 12 | | and her siblings, Phyllis Patterson, Ruth Wheatley, Elizabeth | 13 | | Taylor, Norma Sampson, Owen Patterson Jr., and Patricia | 14 | | Patterson; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Cherie Patterson is survived by her children, John | 16 | | O. (Deborah) Steele Sr. and Diane C. Steele German; eight | 17 | | grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great | 18 | | grandchild; her siblings, George (Marie) Wheatley Sr., Erma | 19 | | Godfrey, and Choma (Marvalene) Patterson; and a host of | 20 | | extended family and friends; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 1 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we mourn the passing of Cherie Geraldine Patterson and extend | 3 | | our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who | 4 | | knew and loved her; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Cherie Patterson as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy.
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