Full Text of SR2500 099th General Assembly
SR2500 99TH 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 Deneita Jo Farmer, popularly known as | 4 | | "Dee Dee", who passed away on October 7, 2016 at the age of 65; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dee Dee was born on August 5, 1951 to Joseph and | 7 | | Geraldine Gamble and raised in Chicago, but lived for many | 8 | | years in Maywood; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dee Dee earned both her Bachelor of Arts in | 10 | | Elementary Education and her Master of Arts in Early Childhood | 11 | | Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and her | 12 | | Ed.D. from Nova Southeastern University; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dee Dee was the head of the pre-kindergarten | 14 | | program at Longfellow Elementary School in Oak Park and was a | 15 | | committed member of The Collaboration for Early Childhood; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dee Dee was the winner of the Golden Apple award | 17 | | in 1997; she loved gardening, reading, and going to the movies; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dee Dee was preceded in death by her father, | 20 | | Joseph Gamble; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dee Dee is survived by her mother, Geraldine | 2 | | Gamble; she was the mother of Keisha Jo Farmer-Moore | 3 | | (Christopher), Henry Jared Farmer (Kayla), and Mark Justin | 4 | | Farmer; the grandmother of Jared Edward Farmer, Jalen Elijah | 5 | | Farmer, Khalil Jared Smith, John Kaleb Smith, Elizabeth Moore, | 6 | | Alex Moore, and Joseph Moore; and the loving sister of Robin | 7 | | Lynne Williams, Mark Joseph Gamble, and Mia Susan Gamble; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 11 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Deneita Jo Farmer; and | 12 | | be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Deneita Farmer as an expression of | 15 | | our sympathy.
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