Bill Text: IL HR0156 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Marcia Robinson Blair.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0156 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0156-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 Marcia | ||||||
4 | Robinson Blair of Chicago, who passed away on March 10, 2021; | ||||||
5 | and
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6 | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair was born in Chicago to Roosevelt and | ||||||
7 | Frances Robinson on October 7, 1947; she grew up on the south | ||||||
8 | side of Chicago, where she attended Doolittle Elementary | ||||||
9 | School and later graduated from Harlan High School; she | ||||||
10 | attended Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas, where | ||||||
11 | she was initiated into the Beta Kappa chapter of Alpha Kappa | ||||||
12 | Alpha Sorority, Incorporated in 1968; she married Frank L. | ||||||
13 | Blair Jr. on October 5, 1968; she earned her Bachelor of Arts | ||||||
14 | in Education in 1969; alongside her husband, she settled in | ||||||
15 | Chicago after graduation; they had one child, Marla, in 1971; | ||||||
16 | she later earned a master's degree from Governors State | ||||||
17 | University; and
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18 | WHEREAS, A talented educator, Marcia Blair served in the | ||||||
19 | Chicago Public School system for over 35 years; she worked at | ||||||
20 | several schools, including Dunne Elementary School and Robert | ||||||
21 | Healy Elementary School; she retired from Robert A. Black | ||||||
22 | Magnet Elementary School in 2005; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair was a lifetime member of Alpha Kappa | ||||||
2 | Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; she was a longtime member of the | ||||||
3 | Theta Omega chapter in Chicago; she celebrated 50 years as a | ||||||
4 | Golden Soror in 2018; she was committed to the sorority's | ||||||
5 | sisterhood and scholarship; she was proud to have a continued | ||||||
6 | family legacy of sisterhood and service with her daughter, | ||||||
7 | sisters, and several nieces also initiated into the sorority; | ||||||
8 | she worked together with her daughter in the sorority, and | ||||||
9 | they enjoyed spending this time together; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair was committed to her faith and was | ||||||
11 | baptized as a child at Gammon United Methodist Church; she was | ||||||
12 | a member of the South Shore United Methodist Church, where she | ||||||
13 | served as a member of the United Methodist Women, the Pastor | ||||||
14 | Parish Relations Committee, the October Birthday Club, and the | ||||||
15 | Women's Day Chorus; she also enjoyed organizing social outings | ||||||
16 | with church members, which included many plays, musicals, and | ||||||
17 | good conversations; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair was affectionately known as "Dottie" | ||||||
19 | to family and friends and "Nana" to her grandchildren; she | ||||||
20 | found great joy in traveling with her extended family in her | ||||||
21 | retirement; she took annual vacations with Marla and Zion, and | ||||||
22 | they most recently visited Havana, Cuba; and
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23 | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair was preceded in death by her |
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1 | husband, Frank; her parents; and her siblings, Margell, | ||||||
2 | Lamont, Deborah, and Lawrence; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair is survived by her daughter, Marla | ||||||
4 | Blair-Hohenkirk (David); her grandsons, Zion and Xavier; her | ||||||
5 | sisters, Mary Hughes and Delores Jackson (Robert); her | ||||||
6 | sisters-in-law, Mary Robinson and Cynthia Ann Blair Ricks; | ||||||
7 | generations of nieces and nephews; a host of cousins; and many | ||||||
8 | lifelong and recent friends; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
10 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
11 | we mourn the passing of Marcia Robinson Blair and extend our | ||||||
12 | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
13 | and loved her; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of Marcia Blair as an expression of our | ||||||
16 | deepest sympathy.
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