Full Text of HR1444 99th 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 Alice | 4 | | Martin, who passed away at the age of 75; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Alice Martin was a 1960 graduate of Alton High | 6 | | School; she attended classes on the Alton campus of Southern | 7 | | Illinois University Edwardsville; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Alice Martin worked for the Illinois Department of | 9 | | Public Health at the Alton Mental Health Center's Department of | 10 | | Human Services Mental Health Division activity department for | 11 | | 25 years; she retired as a mental health technician after many | 12 | | years of service; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Alice Martin served as the Ward 4 Alton city | 14 | | alderwoman for 10 years; she was appointed to the seat on March | 15 | | 22, 2006 after the resignation of Alderman Fred Young; she was | 16 | | the first alderwoman to serve on the Alton City Council since | 17 | | April of 1987 and stressed she wanted to be addressed as an | 18 | | "alderwoman" not "alderman"; after serving the remaining three | 19 | | years left in the unexpired term, she won a four-year term in | 20 | | 2009 and was re-elected in 2013; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, As an alderwoman, Alice Martin was dedicated to |
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| 1 | | the inner-city ward, working to fix sidewalks, streets, parks, | 2 | | and other aged infrastructure and on other quality of life | 3 | | measures, including crime and racial issues; she helped | 4 | | institute a ban on dogs in Hellrung Park and James H. Killion | 5 | | Park at Salu for safety reasons; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Alice Martin was a longtime Democratic Precinct | 7 | | Committeewoman and was active in the Alton Exposition | 8 | | Commission; she remained active in the Coalition of Concerned | 9 | | Citizens and worked at events with her husband to register | 10 | | voters; she also attended neighborhood meetings, Coffee with a | 11 | | Cop, and neighborhood watch groups to build up her community | 12 | | and reduce crime; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Alice Martin served as president of AFSCME Local | 14 | | 124; she was also a member of the Illinois Association of | 15 | | Minorities in Government, the Illinois Democratic Women, and | 16 | | the Southern Illinois Democratic Women Network; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Alice Martin was preceded in death by two | 18 | | children; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Alice Martin is survived by her husband, Doug Sr.; | 20 | | her son, Jon; and a grandson; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 3 | | Alice Martin; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Alice Martin as an expression of our | 6 | | sympathy.
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