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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Iberia
4Beatrice Hampton, who passed away on October 16, 2016 at the
5age of 94; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Iberia Hampton was born on February 5, 1922 in
7Haynesville, Louisiana; her parents were Elihue and Lizzie
8White; and
 
9    WHEREAS, In the 1930s, Iberia Hampton and her husband moved
10to the Chicago area to find better job opportunities; she
11stayed home to care for their children while her husband worked
12at the Corn Products Refining Company in Argo; in 1958, they
13moved to Maywood; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Iberia Hampton began working at Corn Products in
151956 in a quality control position; while there, she served as
16a union steward, which helped to inspire her children to make
17the world a better place; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Iberia Hampton's kitchen on the 800 block of South
1917th Avenue in Maywood was often the scene of philosophical and
20strategic political conversations, especially after the
21assassination of her son Fred on December 4, 1969; she would

 

 

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1serve many meals to the activists, entertainers, politicians,
2and everyday people who visited her home; she and her family
3also produced a list of "progressive people running for office"
4in the community, so that area voters could "select who they
5thought were best fit for office"; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Iberia Hampton will be dearly missed by all who
7knew and loved her; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of
11Iberia Beatrice Hampton; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to the family of Iberia Hampton as an expression of
14our sympathy.