Full Text of HR1373 97th 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 Verna | 4 | | Lisa Baker, who passed away on November 28, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Verna Baker was born on March 28, 1953, in | 6 | | Chicago, and was raised in Robbins and Blue Island; her parents | 7 | | were Bettie Jean and Joseph Donald Boyd; she married Larry D. | 8 | | Baker on December 21, 1985; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Verna Baker graduated from Thomas J. Kellar Junior | 10 | | High School in 1967; after graduating from Dwight D. Eisenhower | 11 | | High School in 1971, she attended Moraine Valley Community | 12 | | College in Palos Hills, where she received an associate degree | 13 | | in 1973; after working various jobs, she desired to further her | 14 | | education, and enrolled at St. Xavier University in Chicago, | 15 | | where she received a bachelor's degree in speech and language | 16 | | pathology in 1983; she earned her Master of Arts from Concordia | 17 | | University in River Forest in 2000; she also enrolled in the | 18 | | Doctoral Program at Northern Illinois University; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Verna Baker taught 5th grade at Bethel Christian | 20 | | School and its Child Development Program; when the job of | 21 | | Administrative Director of Bethel Educational Services became | 22 | | available, she applied and was chosen by the Board of Directors |
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| 1 | | to fill the position; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Verna Baker served as a volunteer at Bethel New | 3 | | Life and at Bethel Lutheran Church; from 2000 to 2003, she | 4 | | served as an Assistant Professor of Education and Assistant | 5 | | Director of the Office of Field Experience at Concordia | 6 | | University in River Forest; she was recently employed at the | 7 | | Chicago International Charter School by PYK Services as a | 8 | | speech para-professional; she also choreographed the Robbins | 9 | | Village Activity Guild Cotillion; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Verna Baker was baptized at the age of 5 at Good | 11 | | Shepard Lutheran Church in Robbins, where she attended until | 12 | | 1985; during this time, she and her husband moved to the West | 13 | | Side of Chicago and eventually joined Bethel Lutheran Church; | 14 | | as a member of the church, she worked on every committee and | 15 | | held many major positions in the church; she was a soloist in | 16 | | the choir and worked with the youth of the church, Sunday | 17 | | School, Confirmation, Vacation Bible School, Bible Study, and | 18 | | the Christian Education Ministry until her passing; she also | 19 | | gave occasional sermons at the church; she was also a board | 20 | | member for Bethel New Life; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Verna Baker enjoyed photography, quilting, | 22 | | sewing, catering, interior decorating, singing, writing, and | 23 | | public speaking; she was also an excellent card player and |
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| 1 | | played Bid Whist regularly with family and friends; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Verna Baker was preceded in death by her mother, | 3 | | Bettie Jean Boyd; her cousin, Toni D. Christmas; and her | 4 | | lifelong friend, Mary Morgan Brown; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Verna Baker is survived by her devoted husband, | 6 | | Larry D. Baker; her daughters, Cachet Joy Baker-Walker (James) | 7 | | and Jasmine Janee' Baker; her stepson, Maurice Baker (Shaque); | 8 | | her beloved grandchildren, Talia M. Baker, Ashante B. Baker, | 9 | | Verlaina L. Baker, Anariah Walker, and Mariah Walker; her | 10 | | father, Joseph Donald Boyd; her siblings, Steven A. Boyd, Jo | 11 | | Anna M. Boyd, and Brenda S. Boyd; her sisters-in-law, Sandra L. | 12 | | Santee and Claire Baker; her cousin, Arthur Raymond Jackson | 13 | | (Joanna); her nephew and godson, Carey B. Boyd; her devoted | 14 | | cousin and sister, Victoria Napolez; her faithful cousin, Damon | 15 | | Knight; her loving friends, Amella Chambers-Little and Dennis | 16 | | Hersey; the members of her church family; her devoted friends, | 17 | | Deborah Williams, Ivory Banks, Keisha Banks, Roger Jones, | 18 | | Terkeysa Clay Patterson; the children of Bethel Lutheran Church | 19 | | and the Chicago International Charter School; her co-workers; | 20 | | and her many other family members and friends; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of |
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| 1 | | Verna Lisa Baker; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Verna Baker as an expression of our | 4 | | sympathy.
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