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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Barbara J. Ingram, who passed away on
4August 13, 2012; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Barbara Ingram was born on January 26th, 1936, in
6Chicago; she graduated from Dunbar High School in 1954, where
7she met her high school sweetheart, Daniel Ingram; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Barbara Ingram had a lifetime love of learning and
9traveling; she worked as a model and was employed at Johnson
10Publications in the 1950s; in the 1970s, she decided to return
11to school and started taking college courses at City Colleges
12of Chicago; during the 1980s and 1990s, she worked for the
13Chicago Archdiocese Head Start Program and various other social
14service agencies as an advocate for children from all walks of
15life; she also worked in the fashion and merchandising
16industries while operating her own boutique under the guidance
17and blessing of her dear sister, Dee Ingram Coleman; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Barbara Ingram loved to travel and visited
19Jamaica, Mexico, Amsterdam, Germany, France, and her beloved
20Bahamas, where she took an annual trip for 30 years; she also
21loved politics and met numerous elected officials, including
22former President Bill Clinton and then-Senator Barack Obama;

 

 

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2    WHEREAS, Barbara Ingram is survived by her loving husband,
3Daniel Ingram; her children, Tracy Lynn, Carla Deniece, and
4Daniel Ingram Jr.; her nephew, Gerald Simmons, Jr.; her many
5other family and friends throughout the United States,
6including her honorary daughter, Illinois State Senator Toi
7Hutchinson; and the members of her beloved Flossmoor and
8Country Club Hills senior groups; therefore, be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
11her family and friends, the passing of Barbara J. Ingram; and
12be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14presented to the family of Barbara Ingram as an expression of
15our sympathy.