Bill Text: IL HR0597 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joanetta Marilyn Copeland.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-12 - Resolution Adopted [HR0597 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0597-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 Joanetta | ||||||
4 | Marilyn "Joan" Copeland, who passed away on October 24, 2019; | ||||||
5 | and
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6 | WHEREAS, Joan Copeland was born to Irma and Earl Davis on | ||||||
7 | November 4, 1950; she attended Greater Exodus Missionary | ||||||
8 | Baptist Church; she graduated from Charles Sumner Elementary | ||||||
9 | School in 1965 and from John Marshall High School in 1969; she | ||||||
10 | married Martin "Marty" Copeland on February 20, 1970; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Joan Copeland had a passion and zeal for learning | ||||||
12 | and education, especially in the area of early child | ||||||
13 | development; she earned an applied science degree in child | ||||||
14 | development from Malcolm X College in 1975, a Bachelor of Arts | ||||||
15 | in 1987, and a Masters of Arts from Northeastern
Illinois | ||||||
16 | University in 1990; she also completed additional graduate | ||||||
17 | courses at
several other universities, including the | ||||||
18 | University of Iowa, Northern Illinois University,
National | ||||||
19 | Louis University, and Chicago State University; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Joan Copeland was a teacher and administrator at | ||||||
21 | Bethel Christian School; at Malcolm X College, she served as | ||||||
22 | chairperson of the Child Development
Department from 2001 to |
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1 | 2007; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Joan Copeland received numerous awards and | ||||||
3 | recognitions, including the Golden Apple Teacher Award (1981), | ||||||
4 | Distinguished
Professor (Malcolm X College 2009), and the Kathy | ||||||
5 | Osterman Award (City of Chicago
2010); she was a grant | ||||||
6 | proofreader and writer and authored two children's books, | ||||||
7 | Homeys with a Future
(1980) and Carrie's Journal (1982); in | ||||||
8 | 1982, she was featured on Someone
You Should Know with former | ||||||
9 | TV anchor Harry Porterfield of WLS News; in 1993, she was a | ||||||
10 | featured writer in the News and Views section of
Parenting | ||||||
11 | Magazine; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Joan Copeland entered the ministry in 2018; she | ||||||
13 | served as Director of The Intergenerational Connection | ||||||
14 | Ministry; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Joan Copeland was a member of Bethel Lutheran | ||||||
16 | Church, where she served as an usher and as a Sunday school | ||||||
17 | teacher; when it came to fashion, she was in a class all by | ||||||
18 | herself; she always wore outfits coordinated from head to toe, | ||||||
19 | and her extensive African wardrobe was inspirational and often | ||||||
20 | radiant; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Joan Copeland is survived by her husband, Martin | ||||||
22 | "Marty"; her father, Earl Davis; her sons, Earl Lamont (Tanya), |
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1 | Kevin Jabbar (Phyllis), and Maurice Ali; her siblings, Joyce
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2 | White, Cynthia Osafo, Oless James, Delores James, Marilyn | ||||||
3 | Straughter, Donnie James, and
Michael James; her aunts, Alice | ||||||
4 | Handy, Ethel Mae Cummings, Evelyn Rutledge,
and Gloria Watkins; | ||||||
5 | her sister-in-law, Paulette Watkins; her brother-in-law, | ||||||
6 | Michael Copeland; her grandchildren, Earl Jr., Denzel, | ||||||
7 | Diamond, Kevonna Jonae', and Rodger; her
great-granddaughter, | ||||||
8 | Aubree; her goddaughter, Chawn; numerous nieces, nephews, and | ||||||
9 | cousins; her very special
and dear friend, Edna Nixon; and | ||||||
10 | other relatives, friends, and her Bethel Lutheran
Church | ||||||
11 | family; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
13 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
14 | we mourn the passing of Joanetta Marilyn "Joan" Copeland and | ||||||
15 | extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all | ||||||
16 | who knew and loved her; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Joan Copeland as an expression of | ||||||
19 | our deepest sympathy.
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