Full Text of SR0832 094th General Assembly
SR0832 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of Senate were deeply saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Mary Bridget "DonnieMae" Collins on July | 4 |
| 29, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Bridget Houston was born on November 27, | 6 |
| 1937, in Memphis, Tennesee to Daisy S. and Donzell Houston; she | 7 |
| was baptized as an infant at St. Augustine Church in Memphis, | 8 |
| where she faithfully attended with her grandmother, Daisy | 9 |
| Perkins; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Collins obtained her LPN and RN in Battle | 11 |
| Creek, Michigan; upon her relocation to the Chicagoland area in | 12 |
| 1975, she continued her formal education and obtained both her | 13 |
| Bachelors and Masters degrees in the field of Nursing; her gift | 14 |
| of nursing allowed her to teach and touch the hearts of many | 15 |
| over the years from the United States to Africa; and
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| WHEREAS, A very spiritual and faith-filled person, Mrs. | 17 |
| Collins rededicated her life to Christ in 1990 upon joining the | 18 |
| Faith Community of St. Sabina; she continued her gift of caring | 19 |
| through her membership in the Ministry of Care at St. Sabina; | 20 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mary Bridget Collins will be felt | 22 |
| by all who knew and loved her, especially her husband, Joseph | 23 |
| Collins; her children, Yvette Mary (Ron) Dunlap, Ronald Eugene | 24 |
| (Margaret) Thompson, Donna Lynette (Bill) Biggus, Vincent Dale | 25 |
| Watson, and Marilyn Dionne (Phillip) Hunter; her | 26 |
| grandchildren, Taylor Dunlap, Ronald (Angie) Thompson II, | 27 |
| Derrick Thompson, Justin Thompson, Amanda Thompson, Chrisann | 28 |
| Biggus, Bridget Biggus, Sabrina Biggus, Montrell Watson, | 29 |
| Nicole Watson, Justin Watson, Ashia Hunter, Malachi Hunter, | 30 |
| Melvin Clemons, and Honesty Clemons; her great-grandchildren, | 31 |
| Tristan, Dachia, Jamal, Mikiah, Jyaer, Amari, Najae, Kalasia, |
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| and Kairiq; her ex-husband, Donald Thompson; as well as a | 2 |
| multitude of other family members and very dear friends; | 3 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 6 |
| Mary Bridget Collins, and we extend our sincerest condolences | 7 |
| to her family and friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 10 |
| sympathy.
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