Full Text of SR0534 97th 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 the First Lady of the City of North | 4 | | Chicago, Gwendolyn Rockingham, who passed away on December 19, | 5 | | 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, She was born in Evanston on August 26th, 1953, the | 7 | | second of 5 children born to Tommie and Bertha Simmons; as a | 8 | | child, she was a member of Gideon Church and active in the | 9 | | children's choir; she attended Whittier Grade School, Webster | 10 | | Junior High School, and graduated from Waukegan High School; | 11 | | she later earned a Certificate in Accounting from the College | 12 | | of Lake County and was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa | 13 | | Educational Honor Society; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, She was employed with AT&T; she began her career | 15 | | as a Customer Service Representative and retired as a Systems | 16 | | Technician High CAP Tester after 28 years of service; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, She was a member of Mt. Sinai Institutional | 18 | | Baptist Church of North Chicago where she served in the choir, | 19 | | Down Home Weekend, Benevolence, and Couples Ministries; she | 20 | | loved to spend summers camping with her husband Leon, family, | 21 | | and friends, who included the Ebony Dream Makers; she also | 22 | | served as the Treasurer of Citizens for Leon Rockingham; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and her | 2 | | brother, Thomas "Skip" Simmons; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Gwendolyn Rockingham is survived by her husband of | 4 | | 36 years, Leon Rockingham, Jr., Mayor of the City of North | 5 | | Chicago; their children, Tameka (Sean) Wilson and Lea; her | 6 | | grandchildren David, Brianna, and Terryn; her brothers, Gary | 7 | | (Patricia) Simmons and Ted (Mattie) Simmons; her sister, | 8 | | Patrice (Lynn) Dubose; and her beloved nieces, nephews, and | 9 | | cousins; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | her family and friends, the passing of Gwendolyn Rockingham; | 13 | | and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Gwendolyn Rockingham as a symbol of | 16 | | our sincere sympathy.
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