Full Text of SR0519 095th General Assembly
SR0519 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Mamie Ruth Chapman, who passed away on | 4 |
| January 9, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Mamie Chapman was born on July 25, 1933 in | 6 |
| Clarksdale, Mississippi; she was the fifth of nine children | 7 |
| born to Otis Joe and Callie Allen; and
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| WHEREAS, Mamie Chapman moved to Chicago in the early 1950s, | 9 |
| where she met and later married William Chapman; and
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| WHEREAS, Mamie Chapman was a faithful and devoted employee | 11 |
| of the Drackett Company until the company's closing; she also | 12 |
| supported herself by baking cakes and sewing; and
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| WHEREAS, Mamie Chapman enjoyed entertaining in her early | 14 |
| years; she also enjoyed an annual outing at Old Country Buffet | 15 |
| with her retired co-workers at the Drackett Company; and
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| WHEREAS, Mamie Chapman was preceded in death by her | 17 |
| parents; her son, Curtis (Ameen); her grandson, Fareed; and her | 18 |
| siblings, Henry and Van Allen; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Mamie Chapman is survived by her grandchildren, |
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| Ameena and Remeen; her great-grandchildren, Rakeda and Daniel; | 2 |
| her daughter-in-law, Priscilla; her siblings, Gwendolyn Allen, | 3 |
| Joe Allen, Juanita Perry, Marion Allen, James Allen, and Mary | 4 |
| Allen; her surrogate daughters, Anita and Chick; her special | 5 |
| friend, Diane Baker; and her many nieces, nephews, relatives, | 6 |
| and dear friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Mamie Ruth Chapman; and | 10 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Mamie Chapman as an expression of | 13 |
| our sympathy.
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