Full Text of SR0821 102nd 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 Deidre Nicole Silas of Springfield, | 4 | | who passed away on January 4, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Deidre Silas was born to Roy and Barie Graham in | 6 | | Kingston, Jamaica on July 30, 1985; she moved to the United | 7 | | States in December 1995; during high school, she made the | 8 | | National Honor Roll for many years; she also served as a Scope | 9 | | mentor and participated in the Boys and Girls Club, the | 10 | | Fashionetta cotillion, and the UBC Youth Ministry; she was the | 11 | | president of the Caribbean Student Association in 2007; she | 12 | | received her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice in 2008; | 13 | | she married Andre Silas in 2017; she earned her Master of | 14 | | Public Administration in 2019, her certification in Project | 15 | | Management in 2020, and certification in Human Resource | 16 | | Management in 2020; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Deidre Silas committed to her faith at an early | 18 | | age; her church home was Union Baptist Church; she enjoyed | 19 | | reading, playing with her kids, playing mom to her younger | 20 | | cousins, cooking, and spending time with her family and | 21 | | friends; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Deidre Silas was affectionately known as "Nadia" |
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| 1 | | and was the heartbeat of her household; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Deidre Silas was preceded in death by her | 3 | | grandparents, Gersham and Gertrude; her aunt, Carole, and her | 4 | | grandmother, Beryl; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Deidre Silas is survived by her husband, Andre | 6 | | Silas; her children, Ashton Silas and Amelia Silas; her | 7 | | parents; her brother, Mario Graham; her honorary sister and | 8 | | cousin, Monique Coombs; her grandfather, Clifford; her aunts, | 9 | | Monica, Avis, Andrea, Annmarie, Shawnie, Movia, Sylvia, | 10 | | Sharon, Kerryann, and Carol; her uncles, Carl, Lenny, Winston, | 11 | | Errol, Donovan, Wayne, Junior, and Shawn; and her many | 12 | | cousins; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Deidre Nicole Silas 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 Deidre Silas as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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