Full Text of SR0235 94th General Assembly
SR0235 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Gladys L. Baker of | 4 |
| Equality on May 20, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Baker was born January 18, 1908, in | 6 |
| Cookville, Texas, to Jesse Nalan and Ida Mae (Bethurum) Lilly; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, On July 26, 1927, she married John Garrison "Pete" | 9 |
| Baker in Cookville; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a beautician in Equality for many years; | 11 |
| she later worked at Manteno Mental Health Center until she | 12 |
| retired in 1978; her hobbies included needle work, quilting, | 13 |
| and gardening; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her | 15 |
| husband; her daughter, Olive May Baker; her sons, Calvin | 16 |
| Darrell, Charles Harvey, and Jerry Lynn Baker; her sisters, | 17 |
| Wilma Talley, Lorena Mae Taylor, and Johnnie Lee Blackmore; and | 18 |
| her brothers, Audrey, Emmitt, and Earl Taylor; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Gladys L. Baker is felt by all who | 20 |
| knew and loved her, especially her daughter, Marjorie (Eugene) | 21 |
| Naas; her son, Gordon (Shirley) Baker; her sister, Vera | 22 |
| Lunsford; and her 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, | 23 |
| and 8 great-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 25 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 26 |
| Gladys L. Baker and extend our sincerest condolences to her | 27 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 2 |
| sympathy.
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