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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Mildred Elizabeth Howard on October 28, 1999;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, She was born in Chicago on June 8, 1920, the
6 daughter of James and Emily Stroman; she grew up in Big Pine
7 and Key West, Florida; and
8 WHEREAS, She graduated, second in her class, from Booker
9 T. Washington High School in Miami, Florida; she won a
10 scholarship to Bethune Cookman College, but was unable to
11 attend for financial reasons; and
12 WHEREAS, After high school, she wrote a column, called
13 "Dots N' Dashes" for a local African American newspaper; she
14 was later inducted into the Miami Hall of Fame as the first
15 female newspaper columnist in Miami; and
16 WHEREAS, She married Willie Smith of Pierce, Florida,
17 during World War II; after Willie went off to war, she moved
18 north to Aurora, Illinois, to join her mother; Willie passed
19 away in 1954; she later married Jess Howard; and
20 WHEREAS, Mildred Howard worked for the United States
21 Postal Service in Illinois and Massachusetts; while in
22 Massachusetts, she completed Harvard University's Personnel
23 Management Course; she retired in 1983 after many awards and
24 accomplishments for her dedicated service; and
25 WHEREAS, Her passing will be deeply felt by her family
26 and friends, especially her children, Evelynn, Michael,
27 Brenda, Sylvia, Anthony, Willie, and Ronald; her ten
28 grandchildren; her three great-grandchildren; her sisters,
29 Marjorie Thomas and Melba Jaynes; and her brother, Warren
30 Stroman; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
3 and regret the death of Mildred Elizabeth Howard and extend
4 our sincere condolences to her family and friends; and be it
5 further
6 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Mildred ELizabeth Howard.