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91_SR0353
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Ms. Hagar Baskin Harris of Chicago on April
4 14, 2000; and
5 WHEREAS, Hagar Baskin Harris was born in Chicago on April
6 8, 1934, the daughter of Ruby L. Baskin and Daniel Baskin;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, Ms. Hagar Baskin Harris was employed with the
9 Brezler Ice Cream Company and later retired from the Chicago
10 Park District (Altgeld Park) after more than twenty years of
11 service; and
12 WHEREAS, Ms. Harris was a community activist, active in
13 Chicago politics, the YMCA, the Manley Upper Grade Center,
14 the Gang Youth Center, and Monti Paul Center among many other
15 inner-city youth groups on Chicago's West Side; and
16 WHEREAS, Ms. Harris was a devout Catholic and was a
17 member at St. Francis Cabrini, Our Lady of the Angels, and
18 St. Malachy in Chicago; and
19 WHEREAS, A loving mother, and devoted grandmother and
20 great-grandmother, Ms. Harris was commonly known as "Granny";
21 and
22 WHEREAS, Ms. Harris was preceded in death by her son,
23 Otis W. Harris, and her sister, Glory D. Jackson; and
24 WHEREAS, Ms. Harris' passing will be deeply felt by her
25 family and friends, especially her daughters, Ruby
26 Crosby-Harris, Ureida Slaughter, Lanna L. Willis-Harris,
27 Glory Harris-Lynch, and Estoria Harris; her sons, Leslie
28 Harris, Sr., Conrad Harris, Sr., Darryl Harris, and Erick
29 Harris; her sisters, Ann Miller and Gwen Baskin-Williams; her
30 brothers, Ishmael Baskin; Leslie Baskin-Bey, Sr., and Daniel
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1 Baskin, Jr.; her nephews, raised as sons, Samuel D. Jackson,
2 Leslie Baskin-Bey, Jr., and Nathaniel R. Baskin-Bey; her 27
3 grandchildren; her 16 great-grandchildren; and a host of
4 other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
7 and regret the death of Hagar Baskin Harris and extend our
8 sincere condolences to her family and friends; and be it
9 further
10 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Hagar Baskin Harris.