Full Text of HR0197 98th General Assembly
HR0197 98TH 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 Barbara | 4 | | S. Penelton of Peoria, who passed away on March 18, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Penelton was born on April 8, 1937, in | 6 | | Chicago to Ruth and George Spencer; she attended Chicago Public | 7 | | Schools and earned a bachelors of science and a masters of | 8 | | science in education in 1958 and 1961, respectively, from the | 9 | | University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana; she married Frank | 10 | | Smith but that union ended in divorce and in 1968 she married | 11 | | Richard Penelton; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Penelton began teaching for the Chicago | 13 | | Public Schools; in 1966, she moved to Peoria after accepting a | 14 | | position as director of education for the Peoria Tri-County | 15 | | Urban League; in 1969, she became the first African-American | 16 | | female faculty member at Bradley University, where she taught | 17 | | and served as chair of the university's Department of Teacher | 18 | | Education in the College of Education and Health Sciences; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Penelton was preceded in death by her | 20 | | mother, Ruth and her husband, Richard; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Penelton is survived by her father, George |
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| 1 | | Spencer Sr.; her brother, George Spencer Jr.; her daughters, | 2 | | Lisa Penelton and Kim (Frank) Campbell; her grandchildren, | 3 | | Franklin and Julian Campbell; her other children, Toby Smith, | 4 | | Sheri Mathis, Dominique Brown, and George Lyon Spencer; her | 5 | | other grandchildren, Nishay Brown, Daejunique Brown, Jordan | 6 | | Carter, Nathan Carter, Sydney Mathis, Joseph Mathis, Geordan | 7 | | Spencer, and Skye Spencer; her goddaughter, Karlyn Miller | 8 | | Singleton; one godgranddaughter, Tamara Camille Butler; and a | 9 | | host of other much-beloved children, family members, book club | 10 | | sisters, and friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we mourn the passing of Barbara Penelton, and we extend our | 14 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 15 | | and loved her; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Barbara Penelton as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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