Full Text of SR1101 96th 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 Katherine I. Higginbottom, who recently | 4 | | passed away; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born on November 20, 1923, the first child | 6 | | of Ulysses and Pearl Skaggs; she was cared for as a youngster | 7 | | by her paternal grandparents, Ellen and William Tetter, on | 8 | | their farm in Hopkins Park; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, As she grew she continued to help her grandparents | 10 | | on the farm, developing a love for animals and a serious | 11 | | industriousness; she would help pick blueberries, raise the | 12 | | animals, cut out paper dolls, and play mumbley peg with a | 13 | | pocket knife; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, She graduated from St. Anne High School in St. | 15 | | Anne, and walked alone down the aisle at graduation because her | 16 | | white classmate would not walk with her; she later went on a | 17 | | double date with her sister and Elzie Higginbottom; she | 18 | | pronounced that she would rather be reading than be on the date | 19 | | but things went smoothly and together Elzie and she shared 60 | 20 | | years of wedded bliss; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, She worked at the Joliet Arsenal, stacking mortar |
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| 1 | | rounds and eventually being promoted to a clerical position; | 2 | | during this time she and her husband ran a small produce store, | 3 | | where she sold fish; in 1956, her husband opened a laundromat | 4 | | known as the Morgan Park Laundromat, which is still in | 5 | | operation today; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her 3 | 7 | | sisters and her 3 brothers; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Katherine Higginbottom is survived by her sons, | 9 | | Elzie Jr. (Deborah) and Eric (Shontae); her grandchildren, | 10 | | William, Carter, Caroline, and Parker; her sisters and | 11 | | brothers, Vivian Lee, Madaline Skaggs Graves, Roy Skaggs, | 12 | | Kenneth Skaggs, Joan C. Wells, and Sandra Sangster; a host of | 13 | | nieces and nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 | | her family and friends, the passing of Katherine I. | 18 | | Higginbottom; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Katherine I. Higginbottom as a | 21 | | symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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