Full Text of SR2057 100th 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 Sterling D. Grandberry of Oak Park, who | 4 | | passed away on October 28, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sterling Grandberry was born in Macon, Tennessee | 6 | | to A.D. and Norsie (Hunter) Grandberry on June 7, 1933; he was | 7 | | raised in Chicago by the late Jasper and Lottie Parrish and | 8 | | attended Chicago Public Schools; he graduated from Manley High | 9 | | School and then served in the United States Army as a Head Chef | 10 | | during the Korean War, until his honorable discharge in | 11 | | December 1956; he married Ethel Lee Gillerson and, after her | 12 | | death, married Debra Mabone; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Sterling Grandberry worked as the Head Chef at | 14 | | Henrici's Restaurant in the 1950s; during this time, he also | 15 | | owned and operated a television repair shop; he was the owner | 16 | | of G&E Restaurants and also managed many Chicagoland rental | 17 | | properties; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Sterling Grandberry served on the Board of the | 19 | | Pyramid West Development Corporation for 21 years, an agency | 20 | | that managed rehabbed housing units and employed many people in | 21 | | need of assistance; he was a member of the Friendship Baptist | 22 | | Church in Chicago for over 70 years; he served as a member of |
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| 1 | | the Beautifying Club, as a Trustee, as a Layman, and as an | 2 | | ordained Deacon; he also took great pride in working in the | 3 | | church kitchen preparing and serving recipes "made from | 4 | | scratch"; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sterling Grandberry was known as a | 6 | | jack-of-all-trades; he was driven and determined; he will be | 7 | | remembered as a great provider, protector, and someone who | 8 | | could be counted on by family, friends, and strangers alike; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Sterling Grandberry was preceded in death by his | 11 | | parents; and his first wife, Ethel; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Sterling Grandberry is survived by his wife, Debra | 13 | | Mabone-Grandberry; his children, Sharon Sims, Steve | 14 | | Grandberry, Mary Grandberry, Katia (Benjamin) Wolff, and his | 15 | | special Godson, Reverend Marlon (Felicia) Winfrey; his | 16 | | grandchildren, Madison Grandberry and Natalee Sims; his | 17 | | siblings, Josie (Arthur) Leniear, Katie (James) Jordan, and | 18 | | Thomas, A.D., and J.B. Grandberry; and his many nieces and | 19 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Sterling D. Grandberry and extend our sincere condolences to |
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| 1 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Sterling Grandberry as an expression | 5 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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