Full Text of HR1288 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are deeply saddened to learn of the death of | 4 | | Geraldine Mardis (nee Lane) of Chicago, who passed away on | 5 | | October 12, 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Geraldine Mardis was born in Minneapolis, | 7 | | Minnesota to Bessie and Roscoe Lane; she graduated from Parker | 8 | | High School and received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of | 9 | | Arts degrees in Social Service Administration from the | 10 | | University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Delta | 11 | | Sigma Theta Sorority; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, During her time at the University of Chicago, | 13 | | Geraldine Mardis was such a popular and outstanding student | 14 | | that she was nominated by her friends for the honor of having | 15 | | her picture placed in the Cap and Gown, an annual student | 16 | | yearbook, as the university's representative beauty; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Geraldine Mardis married Winston Mardis; she was | 18 | | mother to Winston L. Mardis and mother-in-law to Barbara Anne | 19 | | (nee Hinton); and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Geraldine Mardis was a member of the National | 21 | | Association of Social Workers, spent many years of her life |
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| 1 | | caring for others, and is believed to be the first African | 2 | | American hired as a medical social worker in the city; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Geraldine Mardis worked as a medical social worker | 4 | | at Michael Reese Hospital, where she provided care for | 5 | | preschool-age children with physical disabilities, and at Rest | 6 | | Haven Rehabilitation Hospital, where she was appointed | 7 | | Director of the Social Service Department and voted "Employee | 8 | | of the Year"; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Geraldine Mardis broke new ground with her life at | 10 | | a time when opportunities were often difficult to come by for | 11 | | African Americans; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn the passing of Geraldine Mardis and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | her; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Geraldine Mardis as an expression of | 19 | | our sincere condolences.
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