Full Text of HR0841 102nd 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 Jessie | 4 | | Teen (Spurlin) Foster, who passed away on April 7, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jessie Foster was born to Olivia and Owen Spurlin | 6 | | in Lexington, Mississippi on May 4, 1935; she began her formal | 7 | | education in a small, one-room schoolhouse in Lexington, | 8 | | Mississippi; she relocated to Chicago with her family when she | 9 | | was a teenager and continued her education at Farragut High | 10 | | School, where she was voted best dressed in her senior year; | 11 | | she attended the Secretarial College in Chicago; she married | 12 | | Curtis Foster in July 1954, and they had seven children; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jessie Foster, early in her marriage, spent her | 14 | | time as a devoted wife, mother, and daughter; in addition to | 15 | | being a mainstay in her children's lives, she was also an | 16 | | integral part of the caregiving her mother received during the | 17 | | last years of her mother's life; she later became a proud and | 18 | | loving grandmother, ensuring her grandchildren had a | 19 | | fulfilling and loving childhood; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jessie Foster was active in a number of | 21 | | organizations, including the Girl Scouts and the PTA; she | 22 | | served as chairman of the West End Block Club in Chicago; as |
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| 1 | | her children grew older, she started working for the Chicago | 2 | | Public School across the street from her home; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Alongside her husband, Jessie Foster embarked on | 4 | | a new entrepreneurial journey in the 1980s, and their | 5 | | business, Foster and Foster Construction, landed multiple | 6 | | contracts, which included HUD, ComEd, and the City of Chicago; | 7 | | at that time, she also attended Triton College for computer | 8 | | programming, which helped with the expansion of the business; | 9 | | she retired to spend more time with her family after her | 10 | | husband's passing in 1993; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jessie Foster had a taste for adventure; she | 12 | | traveled with her daughters and grandchildren extensively, | 13 | | both internationally and domestically; her curiosity and | 14 | | adventurous spirit made her ready for anything, from | 15 | | parasailing in Hawaii to Segway journeys in downtown Chicago; | 16 | | she traveled to a number of places, including Germany, Spain, | 17 | | Italy, Greece, Croatia, and Belize; she most recently traveled | 18 | | back to Venice; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jessie Foster committed to her faith at an early | 20 | | age; she was affectionately known as "Bae-Doll" as the | 21 | | youngest child of her family, a nickname that stayed with her | 22 | | throughout her life; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jessie Foster was the wife of Curtis Foster; the | 2 | | sister of Anderson Spurlin (Modell), Owen Spurlin (Lena), | 3 | | Amelda Thomas (Lee), Mildred Leonard (Charles), and Amanda | 4 | | Watkins (William); the mother of Andre Foster (Barbara), Grace | 5 | | Foster, Valerie Deere (Charles), Donna Foster, Dorrie Foster, | 6 | | Olivia Foster, and Devon Toliver (Steven); the grandmother of | 7 | | Andre Foster, Kristen Clower (Michael), Alicia Denton (Arien), | 8 | | Jennifer Davis, Valerie Donoso (Ismael), Curtis Foster | 9 | | (Linnea), Raja Zahid (Courtney), Baleace Ashley Foster, Joshua | 10 | | Toliver, Elijah Toliver, and Caleb Toliver; the | 11 | | great-grandmother of 11; the aunt of a host of nieces and | 12 | | nephews; and the friend of many; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we mourn the passing of Jessie Teen (Spurlin) Foster and | 16 | | extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all | 17 | | who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Jessie Foster as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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