Full Text of SR2312 99th 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 Tanya Lynette "Tan" Sanford, who passed | 4 | | away on October 12, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tanya Sanford was born in Centreville to Richard | 6 | | Jr. and Fannie (Tally) Bolden on December 4, 1972; she grew up | 7 | | in East St. Louis and was educated in East St. Louis School | 8 | | District 189; she was baptized at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist | 9 | | Church, where she was in the Sunshine Band and a youth usher; | 10 | | she was
awarded a 1987-1988 Certificate of Merit from Who's Who | 11 | | Among American High School Students and graduated from Lincoln | 12 | | Senior High in 1990; she married Carlos Sanford on July 20, | 13 | | 1996 and they lived in Belleville, before moving to O'Fallon; | 14 | | she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1996 and a Master of Language | 15 | | Arts in 1998 from Western
Illinois University in Macomb; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, From 1997 to
1999, Tanya Sanford was employed by | 17 | | the Madison School District; for the last 16 years, she worked | 18 | | in School District 189 at the
Vivian D. Adams Early Childhood | 19 | | Center; she also worked part-time for the RehabCare and Kindred | 20 | | Hospital
Rehabilitation Services as a speech-language | 21 | | pathologist; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Tanya Sanford was a member of Victory Church St. |
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| 1 | | Louis in Cahokia; she was a member of Delta Sigma Theta | 2 | | Sorority, where she was initiated into the Epsilon XI
Chapter | 3 | | and was an active member of the East St. Louis chapter; she | 4 | | served as secretary for the East St. Louis Chapter of Jack
and | 5 | | Jill of America, Incorporated; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Tanya Sanford was preceded in death by her | 7 | | maternal grandparents, Margaret and Milton Tally Sr., and her | 8 | | paternal
grandparents, Richard Sr. and Mamie (Clayborne) | 9 | | Bolden; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Tanya Sanford is survived by her husband of 20 | 11 | | years, Carlos Sr.; her sons,
Carlos Jr. "CJ" and Tyler; her | 12 | | parents; her sister, Francea
Bolden; her aunts, Diane (Hollis) | 13 | | Bolden Taylor, Pamela Bolden, Margaret Marie Tally, Dolores | 14 | | (James) Johnson, and Beverly Tally;
her uncles, Milton (Sharon) | 15 | | Tally, Roderick Bolden, Arlington (Emily) Tally, Bennie | 16 | | (Tamara) Tally, Otis (Tina) Tally,
Frederick Tally, and Michael | 17 | | (Janet) Tally; her mother-in-law, Bettye
Sanford; her | 18 | | brothers-in-law, the Rev. Donald (Cheryl) Sanford,
Louis | 19 | | (Gail) Sanford, and Cedric (Angela) Sanford; her | 20 | | sister-in-law, Leyla
(David) Harrell; and a host of great | 21 | | aunts, great uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear | 22 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Tanya Lynette "Tan" Sanford, and extend our sincere condolences | 3 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 4 | | it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Tanya Sanford as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy.
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