Full Text of SR0455 94th General Assembly
SR0455 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 regret of the death of Doris J. Patterson on | 4 |
| Friday, September 30, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on March 23, 1938, in St. Louis, | 6 |
| Missouri, to Otto Hurley and Cora Hart; she graduated from | 7 |
| Roosevelt High School in Gary, Indiana, in 1956, with honors in | 8 |
| academics, specializing in mathematics; she was also one of the | 9 |
| top baton-twirling cheerleaders in the nation and majorette in | 10 |
| Chicago's Bud Billiken parade; and
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| WHEREAS, During high school, she was an active member of | 12 |
| the Universal Negro Improvement Association, French Club, and | 13 |
| Girls Athletic Association; sewing was a hobby that she | 14 |
| perfected to excellence and buying material was a habit that | 15 |
| she refused to let go; in her spare time, she also enjoyed | 16 |
| reading Harlequin Romance novels; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1957, she married Samuel McCarter, Sr., and he | 18 |
| preceded her in death; seeking to improve the quality of life | 19 |
| for her children, she moved from Missouri's Pruitt-Igo public | 20 |
| housing project to the south side of Chicago; in 1966, she | 21 |
| married Lonnie "Pat" Patterson, who also preceded her in death; | 22 |
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Patterson worked at Children's Memorial | 24 |
| Hospital as a payroll supervisor for over 25 years; she retired | 25 |
| and moved to Compton, California, and worked at Ralphs Grocery | 26 |
| Company, an affiliate of The Kroger Co. grocer retail stores, | 27 |
| as an accounts payable clerk until her retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Doris J. Patterson has been deeply | 29 |
| felt by many, especially her children, DiAna McCarter, Raymond | 30 |
| (Faith) McCarter, Deborah (Robert) Hayes, Samuel A. McCarter, |
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| Cynthia E. Davis, and Angela (Darryl) Roberson-Taylor; her | 2 |
| brother, Elvin Hurley; her 16 grandchildren; her eight | 3 |
| great-grandchildren; her five nieces; and her many other | 4 |
| relatives and friends; she was also preceded in death by her | 5 |
| son, Richard C. McCarter; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 |
| Doris J. Patterson, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 9 |
| her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 13 |
| sympathy.
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