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90_SR0113
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 extend their sympathies to the family of Lucious Rudolph
4 Teer, Sr., of East St. Louis, Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Lucious Teer, Sr. was born in East St. Louis,
6 Illinois on August 24, 1924; his parents were William Teer
7 and Minnie Riddle Teer; Lucious Teer attended the public
8 schools in East St. Louis, St. Louis University, and State
9 Community College; Lucious later graduated from St. Louis
10 University Metropolitan College; and
11 WHEREAS, Lucious Teer was a member of the Mt. Olive
12 Baptist Church; later he joined with the Truelight Baptist
13 Church, where he remained a faithful member under the
14 Reverend Henry Nicholson; he married Helen M. Faulkner in
15 1947; Helen passed away in November of 1982; Lucious married
16 Ira Beatrice Nicholson on July 2, 1994; and
17 WHEREAS, Lucious Teer was employed with the United States
18 Postal Service and served for twenty-three years with the
19 East St. Louis Fire Department, where he retired with the
20 rank of Assistant Chief; he was later employed by the East
21 St. Louis Office of Civil Defense; Lucious was a member of
22 the Southern Cross Lodge #112, Tyree Consistory #64, Veterans
23 of Foreign Wars-Post #3480, the Illinois Association of
24 Retired Fire Fighters, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc;
25 and
26 WHEREAS, Lucious Rudolph Teer, Sr. is survived by his
27 loving wife, Ira Beatrice; his children, Lucious, Jr., and
28 Stephanie Teer Armstead; his son-in-law Reverend John L.
29 Armstead, Jr.; his two brothers, Marvin Teer and wife Vivian,
30 and Rufus Teer; his sister Vivian Galloway and her husband
31 Duncan; his two step children, Marsha Johnson and her husband
32 Kenneth, and Mrs. Regina A. Luster; his three grandchildren,
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1 Jared R. Teer, John L. Armstead, III, and Justin M. Johnson;
2 his three nephews; his five nieces; many other relatives and
3 friends; therefore, be it
4 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his
6 family and friends, the death of Lucious Rudolph Teer, Sr.;
7 and be it further
8 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of Lucious Rudolph Teer, Sr., along
10 with our condolences.