Full Text of HR0889 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Robert | 4 | | Lewis Lucas; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lucas was born on January 10, 1925; his | 6 | | mother was Marie Lucas; he was raised by his grandparents in | 7 | | Ronceverte, West Virginia; he married Anna Huffman on January | 8 | | 20, 1956; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lucas completed his primary education at | 10 | | Cherry Rowe and Christopher Payne Elementary Schools in | 11 | | Ronceverte, West Virginia; he subsequently attended Bolling | 12 | | High School in Lewisburg, West Virginia; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lucas was drafted into the United States | 14 | | Army on August 6, 1943; he served in Europe and was honorably | 15 | | discharged in 1945; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After the war, Robert Lucas came to Chicago, where | 17 | | he received his high school diploma from Wendell Phillips Night | 18 | | School; he then earned his associate's degree from Wilson | 19 | | College before enrolling in Roosevelt College (now Roosevelt | 20 | | University); and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lucas began his career as a civil rights | 2 | | activist in 1959; he was a founding member of the Congress of | 3 | | Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.) and became the Chairman of the | 4 | | Chicago Chapter of C.O.R.E. in 1965; in 1968, he joined the | 5 | | Black Liberation Alliance and became Executive Director of the | 6 | | Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (K.O.C.O.); he retired | 7 | | from his leadership position in K.O.C.O. in 2000, but continued | 8 | | to regularly attend the organization's meetings; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, During his tenure at K.O.C.O., Robert Lucas was | 10 | | instrumental in the organization's efforts to keep the | 11 | | Blackstone Rangers gang away from the Kenwood neighborhood of | 12 | | Chicago; he is also responsible for numerous initiatives to | 13 | | revitalize the Kenwood neighborhood and the creation of many | 14 | | improvements to the neighborhood, including the KOMED Holman | 15 | | Medical Center; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lucas was a member of the Congregational | 17 | | Church of Park Manor, United Church of Christ; he was an | 18 | | ordained deacon, a life member of the church's Justice and | 19 | | Witness Committee, an officer in the Men's Fellowship, an | 20 | | active member of the January Birth Month Circle, and a past | 21 | | Vice Moderator and Moderator of the church; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lucas enjoyed traveling with his wife; they | 23 | | enjoyed multiple cruises to the Caribbean, and extensively |
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| 1 | | traveled throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and | 2 | | several European countries; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lucas was preceded in death by his beloved | 4 | | stepson, William (Billy) Raymond Porter; his mother; his | 5 | | grandparents; and 13 aunts and uncles; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lucas is survived by his adoring wife, | 7 | | Anna; his son, Lambert; his uncle, Calvin (Buddy) Lucas; his | 8 | | aunt, Daisy Wood; and his many nieces, nephews, cousins, and | 9 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 13 | | Robert Lewis Lucas; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Robert Lucas as an expression of our | 16 | | sympathy.
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