Full Text of SR0943 98th 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 Harvey B. Ricks, who passed away on | 4 | | January 24, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Harvey Ricks was born in 1936 in Waukegan to | 6 | | Philander, Sr. and Narvia (nee McKenzie) Ricks; he attended | 7 | | Waukegan Township High School and Lake Forest College, where he | 8 | | played football; he married Helen Gray in 1955; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In 1958, Harvey Ricks became the first | 10 | | African-American employed at the North Shore Gas Company in | 11 | | Waukegan; later on he was promoted to Supervisory Instructor in | 12 | | Training and transferred to Peoples Gas in Chicago; in 1977, he | 13 | | was named General Supervisor at Distribution-North at Peoples | 14 | | Gas; he retired in 1992; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Harvey Ricks was active in many civic and social | 16 | | organizations; he was a member of the Education Committee of | 17 | | the Waukegan Area Conference on Race and Religion; he received | 18 | | the Freedom Award in February of 1979 from the Men of Kappa Chi | 19 | | Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. in honor of | 20 | | his involvement in the Whittier School Case during the 1960s; | 21 | | he was a member of the Unicorns Organization, which gave | 22 | | scholarships and provided food, blankets, and clothing to those |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Harvey Ricks enjoyed traveling to Europe, China, | 3 | | Alaska, the Canary Islands, and the Caribbean; he attended the | 4 | | Olympics in 1984 in Los Angeles and in 1996 in Atlanta; he was | 5 | | an avid gardener and enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, bowling, and | 6 | | music, and was self-taught in doing macrame, often providing | 7 | | gifts to family and friends; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Harvey Ricks was preceded in death by his parents; | 9 | | his brothers, McKenzie Ricks and Dr. Philander Ricks, Jr.; his | 10 | | sister, Valda (Ricks) Whitehead; and his sister-in-law, Sylvia | 11 | | Ricks; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Harvey Ricks is survived by his wife of 58 years, | 13 | | Helen; his daughters, Valerie Renee Ricks and Dr. Harlene | 14 | | (Fernando) Shipley; his son, Wayne (Stephanie) Ricks; his | 15 | | grandchildren, Ahleo Ricks, Matthew and Rochelle Shipley, | 16 | | Laura Ricks, Wayne II (Melanie) Ricks, and Keyana and Nathan | 17 | | Ricks; his great-grandchildren, Jayden Shipley, Isaiah, | 18 | | Aaliyah, and Mariah Ricks; his brothers-in-law, Bennie, Emery, | 19 | | Elmer, and Ralph Gray; his sister-in-law, Barbara Ricks; his | 20 | | special niece and nephews, Elise James, Dr. Philip Ricks, and | 21 | | Rick Whitehead; his special cousins, Sherman McKenzie, Maxine | 22 | | Allen, and Wilma Faye Lavant; and his special friends, James | 23 | | Epperson and Darryl Bradshaw; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Harvey B. Ricks, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 4 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Harvey Ricks as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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