Full Text of HR0944 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Thornal | 4 | | Washington, who passed away on March 15, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Thornal Washington was born on May 28, 1924; he | 6 | | married Opal Warren on April 15, 1943; together, they had 2 | 7 | | children, Victor Washington and Gail Johnson; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Thornal Washington was a graduate of Dunbar High | 9 | | School in Texarkana, Texas and earned his bachelor's degree | 10 | | from Governors State University; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Thornal Washington made a career out of civic | 12 | | service to the younger residents of Chicago Heights; he began | 13 | | his career in civic service in 1949, when he organized the | 14 | | Chicago Heights Improvement Association and served on the Board | 15 | | of Directors for 10 years; from 1951 to 1961, he served as an | 16 | | Advisory Board Member of Girl Scout Troop #621 in Chicago | 17 | | Heights; from 1951 to 1994, he served as a Board of Directors | 18 | | member and fiscal administrator of Calvary Missionary Baptist | 19 | | Church in Chicago Heights; from 1957 to 1966, he served as a | 20 | | member of the Chicago Heights Planning Commission; from 1957 to | 21 | | 1963, he served as the business manager for the Chicago Heights | 22 | | Community Choir; from 1957 to 1961, he served as chief |
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| 1 | | organizer and coach of the Kool Kids Girls Softball Team in | 2 | | Chicago Heights from 1959 to 1967, he served as a community | 3 | | service worker for the Illinois Youth Commission; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, From 1960 to 1962, Thornal Washington served as | 5 | | Chairman of the South Suburban Law and Order Committee; in | 6 | | 1960, he organized and established the Chicago Heights | 7 | | Community Youth Committee; in 1961, he organized and | 8 | | established the East Chicago Heights Community Youth | 9 | | Committee; from 1968 to 1973, he served as Corrections | 10 | | Community Service Worker for the Illinois Department of | 11 | | Corrections, Juvenile Division, Community Services; in 1971, | 12 | | he organized a series of state-wide Governor's Conferences on | 13 | | Youth; from 1973 to 1976, he served as Corrections Community | 14 | | Service Supervisor for the Illinois Department of Corrections; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1974, Thornal Washington organized Hickory | 17 | | House, a group home for juvenile boys, in Chicago Heights; in | 18 | | 1974, he served as liaison for Bloom, Thornton, and Rich High | 19 | | Schools to address the issue of student unrest, drugs, | 20 | | vandalism, and assault; in 1975, he served as a member of the | 21 | | Task Force on Regionalization for the Illinois Department of | 22 | | Corrections; and in 1976, he served on the Illinois Commission | 23 | | on Delinquency Prevention, which replaced the Community | 24 | | Service Unit, for the Illinois Department of Corrections; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Thornal Washington served as Executive Director | 2 | | of the Chicago Heights Community Youth Committee District | 3 | | Supervisor for the Chicago Area Project for over 20 years; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, For over 50 years, Thornal Washington dedicated | 5 | | his life to serving the younger residents of Chicago Heights; | 6 | | his dedication, commitment, and service set an example for them | 7 | | to follow for generations to come; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | 11 | | Thornal Washington; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Thornal Washington as an expression | 14 | | of our sympathy.
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