Full Text of SR0710 96th General Assembly
SR0710 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 Katherine Beard of Waukegan, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 12, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Beard was born July 2, 1927 in | 6 |
| Clarksdale, Mississippi; upon her husband's retirement, she | 7 |
| settled in Lake County after moving from Fort Sheridan and | 8 |
| North Chicago; she retired from the Veterans Hospital in North | 9 |
| Chicago as a medical supply clerk; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a faithful and active member of Shiloh | 11 |
| Baptist church, where she served as the President of the | 12 |
| Mother's Board and was a member of the Rose Caldwell Circle; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie | 15 |
| Beard Sr.; her daughter, Gwendolyn Linder; and her brother, | 16 |
| Samuel Tyler Sr.; and
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| WHEREAS, She leaves to mourn and celebrate her life her | 18 |
| four daughters, Cheryl Jackson, Patricia Beard, Ouida Beard, | 19 |
| and Kathie Warner; her three sons, Adrian G. Beard (Anna), | 20 |
| Johnnie Beard, and Kenneth Beard (Jenay); her son-in-law, Otis | 21 |
| Linder Sr.; her four beloved stepchildren, Eddie Beard |
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| (Pauline), Johnnie Beard, and Essie Washington (Mack); her | 2 |
| cousins, Derotha Brown, Willie Johnson, Woodrow Campbell | 3 |
| (Sheila), Ava Hugger, Darlene Campbell, Patricia Campbell, and | 4 |
| Lynette Burnett; her nieces, Irma Woods, Katherine Scott | 5 |
| (Fred), Marilyn Cantrell (Ron), Sherill Johnson (Ernie), | 6 |
| Beverly Harding, and Valerie Brown; her nephews, Samuel Tyler | 7 |
| Jr. and Kelvin Tyler; her 21 grandchildren and 19 | 8 |
| great-grandchildren; her other friends and relatives; her | 9 |
| Shiloh Baptist Church family; and her special friends, Mr. | 10 |
| Henry Green and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Petty; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Katherine Beard; and be | 14 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Katherine Beard as a symbol of our | 17 |
| sincere sympathy.
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