Full Text of SR1390 98th 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 Joyce I. Duncan, who passed away on May | 4 | | 28, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan was born on March 1, 1956 in Herrin; | 6 | | she moved with her family to Waukegan in 1961; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan graduated from Waukegan High School; | 8 | | she subsequently attended Northern Illinois University for 3 | 9 | | years before earning a bachelor's degree from Shimmer College; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan worked for Kemper Insurance Company | 12 | | for many years; she later worked with the YWCA in Waukegan from | 13 | | 1991 until her retirement in 2008; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan was baptized at an early age by the | 15 | | late Rev. H.J. Cook at Gideon Baptist Church, where she served | 16 | | on the junior usher board; she later relocated her church | 17 | | membership to Waukegan Community Church, where she continued to | 18 | | serve and work in the church under the leadership of Rev. | 19 | | Obleton; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan enjoyed reading, traveling, live |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan was preceded in death by her mother, | 3 | | Shirley Duncan; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan is survived by a daughter, Kirby | 5 | | Duncan; her father, Willie A. Duncan, Sr.; 4 brothers, Michael | 6 | | Duncan, Willie, Jr., Gregory, and Terry; 2 sisters, Sheryl | 7 | | (Bill) Robinson and Janet (John) Gayden; many uncles, aunts, | 8 | | cousins, nephews, nieces, other relatives, and friends; and 2 | 9 | | special friends, Cathy Wiggins and Luan Porter; therefore, be | 10 | | it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Joyce I. Duncan; and | 14 | | be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Joyce Duncan as an expression of our | 17 | | sympathy.
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