Full Text of SR0050 97th 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 Mayme Finley Spencer of Evanston, who | 4 | | passed away on February 8, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born February 28, 1921 and grew up in | 6 | | Milwaukee, Wisconsin; her father, Robert, worked construction | 7 | | for the city and her mother, Evelyn, was a housewife; her | 8 | | parents died prior to her entering high school, and she raised | 9 | | her three siblings by herself with help from an uncle; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Marquette University, she | 11 | | moved to Chicago and found work as a lab technician at Mt. | 12 | | Sinai Hospital; she received her law degree from Chicago-Kent | 13 | | College of Law, and continued to practice law up until her | 14 | | passing; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, She married Warren Frank Spencer, an Evanston | 16 | | doctor; she became an Evanston alderman, and made fair housing | 17 | | her priority; her fair housing ordinance was one of her biggest | 18 | | achievements; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, When her service as an alderman ended she became a | 20 | | member of the Northern Illinois University board of trustees | 21 | | and served on former Illinois Governor Walker's commission on |
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| 1 | | race relations; she was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and | 2 | | enjoyed playing bridge, bingo, and working crossword puzzles; | 3 | | she was very proud of her family, and loved having Sunday | 4 | | brunch with them; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her | 6 | | three siblings; and her husband; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Mayme Finley Spencer is survived by her daughters, | 8 | | Clothield Miller and her husband, Willie J. Miller, Wendy | 9 | | Spencer and her long-time friend, George Griffin, Karen Spencer | 10 | | Kelly and her husband, John B. Kelly, and Shelley Spencer | 11 | | Fitzsimmons and her husband, Patrick Fitzsimmons; and her eight | 12 | | grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 | | her family and friends, the passing of Mayme Finley Spencer; | 16 | | and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Mayme Finley Spencer as a symbol of | 19 | | our sincere sympathy.
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