Full Text of SR0683 93rd General Assembly
SR0683 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Charles Edward "Chuck" | 4 |
| Curry on August 21, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Curry was born on January 22, 1934 in Jackson, | 6 |
| Tennessee to Ersula Curry; he attended St. Joseph's Catholic | 7 |
| School for Boys and Merry High School; he received a | 8 |
| scholarship to Lane College, where he sang tenor, pledged Omega | 9 |
| Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and graduated in 1955; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Curry valiantly served his country as a member | 11 |
| of the U.S. Army; he relocated to Chicago and worked for the | 12 |
| U.S. Post Office and in the Chicago Public Schools as a teacher | 13 |
| at the Mason Upper Grade Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Curry married Beverly Moore in the fall of | 15 |
| 1961; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked in various professional positions where | 17 |
| his gregarious personality served him well; he joined the staff | 18 |
| of the Chicago Youth Centers and was an effective worker with | 19 |
| street gang members; he later joined the staff of the YMCA of | 20 |
| Metropolitan Chicago, where his innate leadership helped to | 21 |
| pioneer "Youth Action", a city-wide collaborative initiative | 22 |
| to provide outreach services to street gangs; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1970, Mr. Curry joined the Quaker Oats Company | 24 |
| as a Manager of Community Affairs; he continued his dedicated | 25 |
| efforts to his community by serving on the boards of various | 26 |
| social service and community-based organizations, including | 27 |
| the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, Westside Association for | 28 |
| Community Action, Urban Programs West, and many others; and
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| WHEREAS, Through his dual role at the Quaker Oats Company |
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| and the Quaker Oats Foundation, Mr. Curry was a staunch | 2 |
| advocate for youth and continued to find ways to support | 3 |
| programs and their efforts on behalf of underserved children, | 4 |
| their families, and their communities; he served in a variety | 5 |
| of leadership roles, most recently as the President of the | 6 |
| Board of Directors of the Westside Association for Community | 7 |
| Action Foundations and as the president of the Rat Pack, Inc., | 8 |
| a national organization with chapters throughout the U.S.; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mr. Curry has been deeply felt by | 10 |
| many, especially his wife, Beverly; his sons, Charles F., David | 11 |
| E. (Jennifer), and Michael A.; his grandchildren, Grant Charles | 12 |
| and Jackson Riley; his mother-in-law, Dora Moore; his | 13 |
| brothers-in-law, Frankie Lee (Pearl), Ronnie (Erna), and Jake | 14 |
| (Denise); his sisters-in-law, Jackie Moore, Millicent McGhee, | 15 |
| and Jerilyn Brown; his cousins, Helen Osborne, Earl Mae Thomas, | 16 |
| Joann Carey, Perry Roosevelt, and Denny Curry; and his many | 17 |
| nieces, nephews, other relatives, and a legion of friends; | 18 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 |
| Charles Edward "Chuck" Curry, and we extend our sincerest | 22 |
| condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 23 |
| him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to the family of Mr. Curry as an expression of our | 26 |
| deepest sympathy.
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