Full Text of SR2079 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Barbara Noel Caldwell of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on July 28, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Caldwell was born in Chicago to the | 6 | | Honorable Lewis A.H. and Alice Jarrells Caldwell on March 23, | 7 | | 1937; she spent her childhood scooping ice cream at Roberta's | 8 | | Sweet Shop and writing Teen Town Chatter, a weekly column in | 9 | | the Chicago Crusader newspaper; she was educated in the Chicago | 10 | | Public School System and graduated from Hyde Park High School; | 11 | | she attended St. Edmund's Episcopal Church, where she learned | 12 | | the principles that guided her life; her firm belief in | 13 | | education led her to attend Howard University and then return | 14 | | to Chicago, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Teaching | 15 | | from the Chicago Teachers College, now Chicago State | 16 | | University; she later earned a master's degree in Inner City | 17 | | Studies from Northeastern University; she married Keith Alonzo | 18 | | Caldwell on October 22, 1960; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Caldwell began her career in education in | 20 | | the Chicago Public School System at the Alexandre Dumas | 21 | | Elementary school, where she implemented a groundbreaking | 22 | | Closed Circuit Television education program to bring learning | 23 | | to inner-city students; her leadership skills took her to the |
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| 1 | | Walt Disney Magnet School, where she became a pod leader in | 2 | | their open classroom curriculum;; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Caldwell served as President of the | 4 | | Chicago Teachers Pension & Retirement Fund, where she managed a | 5 | | $3.5 million budget; she served her community for many years as | 6 | | an active Diamond Life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, | 7 | | Inc.; she was a founding member of the LakeShore Chapter of the | 8 | | Chicago Links, Inc., The Mother's Club, and the Bronzeville | 9 | | Children's Museum; she also served as a board member for | 10 | | several organizations; she was a member of St. Mark United | 11 | | Methodist Church; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Caldwell was never shy about speaking up | 13 | | for those who were less fortunate, a characteristic she learned | 14 | | from her father; she loved life and enjoyed dancing, traveling, | 15 | | horseback riding, and dining out; her interests included | 16 | | collecting art, decorating her home, and spoiling her | 17 | | grandchildren; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Caldwell was preceded in death by her | 19 | | mother; her father; her stepmother, Ruth Stimpson; her sister, | 20 | | Phyllis Yvonne; and her first husband, Keith Caldwell, and her | 21 | | second husband, Richard Ward; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Caldwell is survived by her children, Lori |
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| 1 | | (Derryle) Caldwell Valentine and Keith Lewis (Sheryl) | 2 | | Caldwell; her grandchildren, Derryle Keith Valentine, | 3 | | Christopher Caldwell Valentine, Kyra Rene Caldwell, Dorian | 4 | | Noel Valentine, and Karson Nicole Caldwell; and her many | 5 | | relatives, friends, neighbors, sorority sisters, church, and | 6 | | club members; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Barbara Noel Caldwell and extend our sincere condolences to her | 10 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Barbara Caldwell as an expression of | 14 | | our deepest sympathy.
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