Full Text of SR0631 96th General Assembly
SR0631 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Joyce Ann Pittman, who passed away on | 4 |
| February 3, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman was born on December 8, 1935, in | 6 |
| Middletown, Ohio; her parents were the late Lawless and Lucille | 7 |
| Holloway; and
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| WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman was raised in Middletown, Ohio, | 9 |
| where she accepted Christ at an early age; she and her family | 10 |
| later moved to Maywood, where she attended and graduated from | 11 |
| Proviso East High School; she then met and married Clarence | 12 |
| Lewis; 3 children were born to their union; she later married | 13 |
| Harold Pittman; one child, Alicia Cora Pittman, was born to | 14 |
| their union; and
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| WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman was employed at Alberto Culver from | 16 |
| 1965 to 1973; she was also employed at Marshall Fields, Saks | 17 |
| Fifth Avenue, and most recently at Lord and Taylor; during her | 18 |
| career, she was a top sales representative and received | 19 |
| numerous accolades for her work; and
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| WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman was an active member of the Canaan | 21 |
| A.M.E. Church in Maywood, serving in several of the church's |
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| auxiliaries; and
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| WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman enjoyed being a grandmother, | 3 |
| traveling, shopping, and spending time with her family and | 4 |
| friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman was preceded in death by her | 6 |
| sibling, Billy; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman is survived by her loving husband of | 8 |
| 40 years, Harold; her children, Alan Lewis, Steven Lewis | 9 |
| (Alexandra), Kenneth Lewis (Bridgette), and Alicia Pittman; | 10 |
| her stepchildren, Larry Pittman and Kimberly Pittman; her | 11 |
| grandchildren, Rena Lewis, Brandy Lucia Holloman, Evan Daniel | 12 |
| Lewis, and Soliel Marie Lewis; her sibling, Ronald Jones | 13 |
| (Lillie Mae); and her many nieces, nephews, cousins, and | 14 |
| friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman will be remembered by all who knew | 16 |
| and loved her as a fun-loving and gregarious woman whose love | 17 |
| for her family and friends was unmatched; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 20 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Joyce Ann Pittman; and | 21 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Joyce Pittman as an expression of | 3 |
| our sympathy.
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