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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Martha
4Ann Burns; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Martha Burns was born in Chicago, on January 22,
61941; her parents were Anna Lou and John Doyle; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Martha Burns was raised on the West Side of
8Chicago in the Robert Brooks Housing Projects; she attended St.
9Joseph Mission and School; she was baptized at St. Joseph
10Mission in 1947 and she was confirmed at Holy Family Church in
111949; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Martha Burns was employed at an ice-cream cone
13making factory and worked as a clerk at Spiegel's before
14beginning a 36-year career with the United States Postal
15Service; she began her career at the USPS as a temp during
16Christmas time; when her outstanding job performance was duly
17noted by her supervisor, she began working at the post office
18full-time; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Martha Burns enjoyed reading, the arts, poetry,
20plays, museums, the opera, historic places, artifacts,
21dancing, listening to music, and sports of all kinds,

 

 

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1especially bowling, basketball, and tennis; she also won many
2tournaments in the semi-pro bowling circuit during the 1970s
3and 1980s and was named the Sun-Times Semi-Pro Bowler of the
4Year twice; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Martha Burns was a member of numerous
6organizations that promoted helping disenfranchised persons,
7especially those with children; she was also a staunch believer
8in supporting black owned businesses; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Martha Burns was preceded in death by her parents;
10her husband, Wallace (BeBe) Burns; and her brothers, Ronald and
11Donald; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Martha Burns is survived by her children, Paul
13(Lisa) Sidney, Steven (Veronica) Sidney, Marcella
14Wuertenberger, and Angela and Sharron Brandon; her
15grandchildren, Nolen (Aisha) Davis, Kelsey, Maxwell, Andrew,
16Hallie Sidney, Ronel (Vanessa) Correia, Steven II and Octavia
17Sidney, Elona Rios, Darrell Prouty, George Galloway, and Savion
18Johnson; her 12 great-grandchildren; her siblings, Leona
19Doyle, Lucius (Vernia) Doyle, and Kenneth (Merle) Doyle; her
20sisters by proxy, Joanne Jacobson, Annette (Roy) Shabazz, and
21Marion Woodberry; her brothers by proxy, Jerome Gray and John
22and Perry King; her sisters-in-law, Arme Doyle and Lenora
23Doyle; her brother-in-law, George (Joan) Floyd; her 'son cross

 

 

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1the street', Eugene McCoy; and her many nephews, nieces, other
2relatives, friends, and acquaintances; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of
6Martha Ann Burns; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Martha Burns as an expression of our
9sympathy.