Full Text of HR1413 95th General Assembly
HR1413 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Edna Rose | 4 |
| Vaughns, who passed away on June 22, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Edna Rose Vaughns worked as a volunteer community | 6 |
| organizer for over 50 years, including volunteer service with | 7 |
| the South Shore Commission Community Board, the South Shore | 8 |
| Bank Community, and the Chicago Public School local School | 9 |
| Council 1989; and
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| WHEREAS, Edna Rose Vaughns was a founder of the Women | 11 |
| United for South Shore (WUSS) and was a past founder of the | 12 |
| Roosevelt University South Central Alumni Association and the | 13 |
| South Shore Parkside Area Council, among many others; and
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| WHEREAS, Edna Rose Vaughns was a member of the Alpha Gamma | 15 |
| Pi Honor Sorority and Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc.; and
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| WHEREAS, A poem... | 17 |
| The Comfort and Sweetness of Peace | 18 |
| After the clouds, the sunshine | 19 |
| After the winter, the spring, |
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| After the shower, the rainbow, | 2 |
| For life is a changeable thing; | 3 |
| After the night, the morning, | 4 |
| Bidding all darkness cease; | 5 |
| After life cares and sorrows, | 6 |
| The comfort and sweetness of peace; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Edna Rose Vaughns' love of life and ability to | 8 |
| live it to the fullest endeared her to her family members, | 9 |
| friends, and all who knew her, and enabled her to enrich their | 10 |
| lives in ways they will never forget; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Edna | 14 |
| Rose Vaughns; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Edna Rose Vaughns as an expression | 17 |
| of our sympathy.
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