Full Text of HR1546 95th General Assembly
HR1546 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor Marie Drake for her many | 4 |
| years of dedicated service to her family, church, community, | 5 |
| State, and nation; and
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| WHEREAS, Marie Drake has been an active member of the East | 7 |
| St. Louis community for over 55 years, with 53 of those years | 8 |
| spent in the community known as "Pollack Town"; she was | 9 |
| instrumental in creating the Illinois Avenue Park in her | 10 |
| neighborhood along with the help of the University of Illinois, | 11 |
| receiving a bench at the park in her honor; and
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| WHEREAS, Marie Drake was employed with the federal | 13 |
| government for over 20 years at Jefferson Barracks and John | 14 |
| Cochran Hospitals, where she received many citations for her | 15 |
| work; she continued her services at the hospital after her | 16 |
| retirement; she also volunteers with the Department of | 17 |
| Corrections, visiting many institutions throughout the State | 18 |
| to minister and distribute toiletries to the many men and women | 19 |
| residing there; and
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| WHEREAS, Marie Drake has been a very active member at her | 21 |
| church, the Pilgrim Temple C.M.E., for over 30 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Marie Drake and her husband, the late Mather L. | 2 |
| Drake, raised five children, Dr. Lee A. Drake, Charles D. Drake | 3 |
| Sr., Patricia Galloway, Mildred Drake-Washington, and Sheila | 4 |
| Fields, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Marie Drake serves as a model of hard work, | 7 |
| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 8 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| honor Marie Drake for her many years of dedicated service and | 12 |
| wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and be | 13 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Marie Drake as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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