Full Text of SR0610 94th General Assembly
SR0610 94TH 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 Hazel Moore of North | 4 |
| Chicago on Tuesday, January 17,2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moore was born on July 4, 1929 to John W. and | 6 |
| Susan Harrison Shelton in Winona, Mississippi; she was married | 7 |
| to Coleman R. Moore in 1947; and
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| WHEREAS, Hazel Moore moved to North Chicago in 1952, and | 9 |
| joined Mt. Sinai Baptist Church under the pastor Reverend W.D. | 10 |
| Kilgore; She served on the Usher Board and on the Trustee | 11 |
| Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moore was a pillar of her North Chicago | 13 |
| neighborhood; she was the first Black Woman elected to the | 14 |
| North Chicago City Council, where she served for 8 years; she | 15 |
| also served on the Board of Directors for the Girl Scout | 16 |
| Council, as Leader of Junior and Cadet troops and co-leader of | 17 |
| a Brownie troop; she was elected and served 2 terms on the | 18 |
| School Board for School District #123; she was an original | 19 |
| member of the Progressive Community Organization; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moore was preceded in death by her parents; | 21 |
| her brothers, Howard, Richard, Luther, and Lawrence; and her | 22 |
| sisters, Maggie Shelton, Amie Brown, Annie M. Clemons, Mary | 23 |
| Roberts, and Lillye Moore; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Hazel Moore has been deeply felt by | 25 |
| many, especially her husband, Coleman R. Moore; her sister, | 26 |
| Hallie King; her sons, Dennis (Margaret) Moore and James "Tony" | 27 |
| Moore; her daughters, Carolyn (Charles) Butler, Rhonda and | 28 |
| Audrey Moore, Tamara (Artis) Yancey, and Melissa (Andy) | 29 |
| Delgado; her adopted son, William Franks; her adopted daughter, | 30 |
| Sheila France; her twenty-eight grandchildren; and her six |
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| great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 |
| Hazel Moore, and we extend our sincerest condolences to her | 5 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 6 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 9 |
| sympathy for their loss.
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