SR0194 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Charla Kay Denton, who passed away on May 7, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Charla Kay Denton was born in Berea, Kentucky on July 28, 1946; her parents were Eleanor Kathryn (Stampley) and Charles M. Denton; and

WHEREAS, Charla Kay Denton lived in several places around the country and overseas before arriving in Shorewood in 1961; she graduated from Joliet Township High School and Joliet Junior College; she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, In most of her later years, Charla Kay Denton worked primarily in providing housing support for the needy; she had provided housing counseling since 1975, working first with the Joliet-Will County Community Action Agency until 1983, then with the Will County Center for Community Concerns from 1987 until the time of her death; and

WHEREAS, Charla Kay Denton was preceded in death by her mother, Eleanor Kathryn (Stampley); and

WHEREAS, Charla Kay Denton is survived by her father, Charles M. Denton; her brother, Robert F. Denton (Carol Colatrella); her sisters, Deborah S. Denton (Joseph Pinzarrone) and Deena D. (James) Hillman; and her especially cherished nieces and nephews, Mattilee, Harry and Max Hillman, Kathryn and Emma Pinzarrone and Charlie and Lena Denton; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Charla Kay Denton; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Charla Kay Denton as an expression of our sympathy.