Full Text of SR0117 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Willeta Mae Hassell Donaldson of Urbana, | 4 | | who passed away on February 2, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Willeta Donaldson was born in Champaign to Joseph | 6 | | Leo and Hattie Virginia (Thompson) Hassell on October 6, 1940; | 7 | | she graduated from Champaign High School, now Central High | 8 | | School, on June 5, 1958; immediately following graduation, she | 9 | | began working in the Office of Admissions and Records at the | 10 | | University of Illinois; she retired as assistant to the | 11 | | director of admissions in 1995; in 1997, she returned to the | 12 | | University of Illinois to work part time for the director of | 13 | | development in the School of Social Work, where she remained | 14 | | until 2004; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Willeta Donaldson was instrumental in the | 16 | | integration of Urbana Schools, the first in the State of | 17 | | Illinois; she served on and was the chair of the City of Urbana | 18 | | Human Relations Commission; she served at Bethel African | 19 | | Methodist Episcopal Church with her husband for 53 years; she | 20 | | returned to her childhood church, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist | 21 | | Church, three years ago; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Willeta Donaldson was preceded in death by her |
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| 1 | | parents; her sister, Joan Hassell Alexander; and two of her | 2 | | nephews, Brian A. and Kerry L. Alexander; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Willeta Donaldson is survived by her husband of 59 | 4 | | years, Carlos; her children, Carlos Franklin (Mae Nunnery) | 5 | | Donaldson Jr., Carletta Jo Donaldson, and Dennis Keith (Denise | 6 | | Stanley) Donaldson; her grandchildren, Ryan Carlos, Blake | 7 | | Donaldson, Chad (Kathy Boetcher) Pellum, Amber (Justin) | 8 | | Duncan, and Kyle Pellum; her brothers, Joseph L. and Charles E. | 9 | | (Betty J. Lewis) Hassell; and her many nieces, nephews, and | 10 | | cousins; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Willeta Mae Hassell Donaldson and extend our sincere | 14 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 15 | | her; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Willeta Donaldson as an expression | 18 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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