Full Text of SR0133 95th General Assembly
SR0133 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Beatrice Elizabeth Hardy, who passed away | 4 |
| on March 31, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Beatrice Hardy was born on December 13, 1919 in | 6 |
| Atlanta, Georgia; her parents were the late Richard and Ethel | 7 |
| Hardy; and
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| WHEREAS, Beatrice Hardy accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord | 9 |
| at an early age; she was educated in Atlanta; after the | 10 |
| beginning of World War II she moved to Hawaii to work as a | 11 |
| civilian employee for the Department of the Navy and lived | 12 |
| happily in Hawaii for many years; and
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| WHEREAS, She married John Ringgold Sr. and together they | 14 |
| had a daughter, Suzanne; they later moved to Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Beatrice Hardy loved to cook and sew; she made her | 16 |
| family delicious meals and beautiful clothes with her talents; | 17 |
| she retired from the United States Internal Revenue Service as | 18 |
| a Revenue Officer after 35 years of service; she was a member | 19 |
| of the NAACP and the Eastern Star; and
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| WHEREAS, Beatrice Hardy was preceded in death by her |
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| parents; her sisters, Vidalia and Mattie, and her brothers, | 2 |
| Robert, Joe, and Clarence; she is survived by her daughter, | 3 |
| Suzanne; her grandchildren, Amber and Lisa; her sisters, Eloise | 4 |
| McCoy and Vera Knowles (James Sr.); her stepchildren, John Jr. | 5 |
| and Lucrecia; her first niece, Eloise; and a host of | 6 |
| grandchildren, nieces, grand-nieces, nephews, grand-nephews, | 7 |
| relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Beatrice Elizabeth | 11 |
| Hardy; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Beatrice Hardy as a symbol of our | 14 |
| sympathy.
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