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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, This body joins in mourning the loss of Mrs.
3 Dorothy Lucille Kenney of East Saint Louis, Illinois; and
4 WHEREAS, Dorothy Kenney was born in East Saint Louis on
5 November 3, 1922; the daughter of Henry and Beulah (Hutch)
6 Anderson, Sr., she attended Dunbar Elementary and Lincoln
7 Senior, Howard University, and Freedman's School of Nursing;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, Dorothy Kenney professed an early faith in Jesus
10 Christ, and became united with the Pilgrim Temple Christian
11 Methodist Episcopal Church; after her marriage to Dr. Roy
12 Wesley Kenney, Jr. on June 14, 1947, she united with the
13 Wesley-Bethel United Methodist Church; in 1967, she returned
14 her membership to Pilgrim Temple; and
15 WHEREAS, Mrs. Kenney was a member of Chi Eta Phi; a
16 member of the East Saint Louis Civic Guild; Secretary and
17 Recording Secretary for the Missionary Society; a member of
18 the Steward Board; and Founder of the East Saint Louis
19 Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc; and
20 WHEREAS, Dorothy Kenney was associated with the Urban
21 League, Y.W.C.A., and the N.A.A.C.P. and was a Community
22 Hospital Volunteer; and
23 WHEREAS, Mrs. Kenney is survived by her husband, Dr. Roy
24 W. Kenney; two daughters, Mrs. Cheryl McKinney and Ms.
25 Deborah Kenney; one son, Roy Wesley Kenney, III;
26 granddaughter Perchell McKinney; sisters Madames Rena Lewis
27 and Retha Fant; sisters-in-law Mrs. Katherine Brown, Mrs.
28 Dorothy Austin, Madames Jane and Ora Kenney, Ms. Reba Kenney,
29 and Mrs. Alberta Anderson; brothers-in-law Messers Howard
30 Kenney and Roland Austin, Sr.; several nephews and nieces; as
31 well as a large church family and many friends; therefore, be
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2 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
3 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we express our most sincere
4 condolences to the family and friends of Mrs. Dorothy Lucille
5 Kenney in this time of personal loss; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Mrs. Dorothy Lucille Kenney.