Full Text of SR0559 99th 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 Alice Lucille Tregay of Chicago; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Alice Tregay was born in Evanston on November 14, | 5 | | 1929 to Roy and Fannie (nee Fuller) Hicks; she lived in | 6 | | Evanston for most of her young life, attending Foster School | 7 | | and Evanston Township High School; in 1947, she married Vincent | 8 | | Lindsey; in 1964, after the passing of her husband, she married | 9 | | James Tregay; as an adult, she went back to school and attended | 10 | | Southeast Jr. College (now Olive-Harvey) and Roosevelt | 11 | | University; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Alice Tregay was an integral part of the group | 13 | | that from 1962 to 1966 protested school overcrowding and | 14 | | segregation in black neighborhoods; she was also involved in | 15 | | helping to put an end to housing discrimination; she worked | 16 | | closely with Operation Breadbasket (now Rainbow PUSH) in its | 17 | | struggle against discrimination against people of color in the | 18 | | hiring practices of large companies; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Alice Tregay was very active in politics; she | 20 | | worked for numerous elected officials, including Aldermen | 21 | | William Cousins and Abner Mikva, Congressman Ralph Metcalfe, | 22 | | President Jimmy Carter, Vice-President Walter Mondale, Mayor |
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| 1 | | Harold Washington, and United States Senator Carol Mosley | 2 | | Braun; she also worked on the presidential campaigns of Rev. | 3 | | Jesse Jackson; she was chief lobbyist for the Black Illinois | 4 | | Legislative Lobby as part of her work with The Woodlawn | 5 | | Organization; after discovering the key to a successful | 6 | | election was voter registration, she became instrumental in the | 7 | | creation of the Political Education Division of Rainbow PUSH, | 8 | | becoming the Director until her retirement; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Alice Tregay has been recognized for her | 10 | | outstanding work in civil rights and community service by | 11 | | numerous organizations and has received many prestigious | 12 | | awards, most notably one presented to her in March of 2004 by | 13 | | Illinois State Senator Barack Obama; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Alice Tregay was always a hard worker and worked | 15 | | all her life at various jobs; she worked for the Illinois | 16 | | Department of Human Rights for 8 years; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Alice Tregay is survived by her husband, James; | 18 | | her 3 children, Alice (Robert) Fluegge, David (Clare) Tregay, | 19 | | and Dawn Emmett; her 6 children, Derrick (Rachel) Fluegge, Adam | 20 | | (Janette) Hickman, Jason Hickman, Robert (Heather) Fluegge, | 21 | | and Rachel and Erika Emmett; her 10 great-grandchildren; her | 22 | | brother, Sanders (Karen) Hicks; and numerous cousins and | 23 | | friends who were also her family; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Alice Lucille Tregay, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 4 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Alice Tregay as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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