Bill Text: IL HR0090 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Edna Mary Lambert.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0090 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0090-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Edna Mary | ||||||
| 4 | Lambert, who passed away on January 26, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Edna Lambert was born in
Chicago to Paul and Edna
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| 6 | Lambert on August 23, 1931; she was baptized at First Church of
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| 7 | Deliverance; she graduated from DuSable High School
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| 8 | attended Cortez Peters Technical College; she married Calvin | ||||||
| 9 | Tillery Sr. on
August 23, 1950; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Edna Lambert worked at R. R. Donnelly for 15 | ||||||
| 11 | years, and for 15 years as an
office manager for Dr. Rudolph | ||||||
| 12 | Moragne; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Edna Lambert adopted six girls known as the "Cobb | ||||||
| 14 | Sisters", Frank, Bill, Joe, Jeannie, Eleanor, and Cecile; she | ||||||
| 15 | was considered the seventh "sister"; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Edna Lambert was preceded in death by her parents; | ||||||
| 17 | her stepfather, William Dickson; her
brothers, Paul and | ||||||
| 18 | Phillip; and her adopted "sisters", Frank, Bill, Joe, and | ||||||
| 19 | Eleanor; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Edna Lambert is survived by her children, Theresa | ||||||
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| 1 | (Robert) Falconer, Calvin (Cora) Tillery, and Curtis Tillery; | ||||||
| 2 | her brother, Robert Lambert; her grandchildren, Robert | ||||||
| 3 | Falconer Jr., Chimille
(Kevin) Dillard, and Brandyn Falconer; | ||||||
| 4 | her great-granddaughters, Kamille and Kennedy Perkins; her | ||||||
| 5 | sister, Jeannie Lane; her daughter-in-law, Debby Douglas;
many | ||||||
| 6 | nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; and her adopted | ||||||
| 7 | "sister", Jeannie; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 10 | mourn the passing of Edna Mary Lambert, and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 11 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 12 | her; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of Edna Lambert as an expression of our | ||||||
| 15 | deepest sympathy.
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