Bill Text: IL SR0498 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Claire Nabors McLendon.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0498 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0498-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Claire Nabors McLendon; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Claire McLendon was born to Charles James Nabors | ||||||
5 | and Melissa Denola Nabors in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18, 1935; | ||||||
6 | she was raised in Cleveland and graduated from John Adams High | ||||||
7 | School in 1953; as a teen, she attended The Music Settlement in | ||||||
8 | Cleveland, where she studied Dalcroze Eurhythmics, music | ||||||
9 | theory, and the flute; she also began gardening a plot of land | ||||||
10 | at the Harvey Rice School Garden, becoming an experimental | ||||||
11 | gardener and a student assistant; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Claire McLendon earned her Bachelor of Science in | ||||||
13 | Education from Ohio University in 1957, where she joined a | ||||||
14 | local sorority; following graduation, she joined Alpha Kappa | ||||||
15 | Alpha Sorority, Inc. at Case Western Reserve University, the | ||||||
16 | first AKA graduate chapter in the sorority's history; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Claire McLendon met her future husband, Frederick | ||||||
18 | Earl McLendon Jr., while teaching third grade at Paul Revere | ||||||
19 | Elementary School in Cleveland; after they married, they made | ||||||
20 | their home in Chicago and raised their sons, Eric and Craig; | ||||||
21 | and
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1 | WHEREAS, Claire McLendon continued her teaching career at | ||||||
2 | Shoesmith Elementary School in Chicago, where she spent 34 | ||||||
3 | years as a learning disabilities teacher, counselor, and | ||||||
4 | assistant principal; through hard work and perseverance, and | ||||||
5 | after becoming a single mother, she furthered her education, | ||||||
6 | earning a Master of Education in Counseling and also in | ||||||
7 | Administration and Supervision, as well as a principal | ||||||
8 | certificate; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Claire McLendon served as president of Chums, | ||||||
10 | Inc., as secretary of the Chicago Chapter of Jack and Jill of | ||||||
11 | America, Inc., and as a member of the Afro-American | ||||||
12 | Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago; she formed | ||||||
13 | many meaningful and lasting friendships while studying | ||||||
14 | genealogy, and her unmatched love for genealogy resulted in | ||||||
15 | tracing her family back for six generations; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Claire McLendon was a mother, musician, gardener, | ||||||
17 | seamstress, and genealogist; she will be remembered as a | ||||||
18 | gracious, intelligent, caring, funny, and generous woman whose | ||||||
19 | fruitcakes and brownies were enjoyed by many; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
21 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
22 | Claire Nabors McLendon and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
23 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
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1 | further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to the family of Claire McLendon as an expression of | ||||||
4 | our deepest sympathy.
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