Bill Text: IL SR0802 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Kathryn Williams Timmes of Peoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-14 - Resolution Adopted [SR0802 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0802-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Kathryn Williams Timmes of Peoria, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on October 8, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was born in Ashland, Kentucky to | ||||||
| 6 | Almira and Willie Williams on January 10, 1931; she attended | ||||||
| 7 | high school at the Swift Memorial Institute, a private boarding | ||||||
| 8 | school in Rogersville, Tennessee; her undergraduate education | ||||||
| 9 | was at Bennett College, an all-girls, historically-black | ||||||
| 10 | college in Greensboro, North Carolina; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes began her career teaching fourth | ||||||
| 12 | grade in New York City; after a few years, she moved to Peoria | ||||||
| 13 | and worked at the Carver Center; after a year, she taught at | ||||||
| 14 | the Spalding Institute and the Academy of Our Lady; she then | ||||||
| 15 | began her 50-year career with District 150 and taught at | ||||||
| 16 | Douglas Elementary School and counseled students at Manual and | ||||||
| 17 | Woodruff High Schools; generations of young people came to know | ||||||
| 18 | "Miss Timmes" as teacher, mentor, advisor, and adopted mom; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was the first president of the | ||||||
| 20 | Heritage Ensemble and a charter member of Delta Sigma Theta | ||||||
| 21 | Sorority, Peoria Alumnae Chapter; she had many | ||||||
| 22 | accomplishments, but her greatest pride and joy was her role as | ||||||
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| 1 | a wife, mother, and daughter; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 3 | husband of 59 years, John Timmes, and her daughter, Janique | ||||||
| 4 | "Jan"; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes is survived by her daughter, | ||||||
| 6 | Johnna; her closest sister-girlfriend, Jeanne St. Julian; and | ||||||
| 7 | numerous extended family members, church members, neighbors, | ||||||
| 8 | friends, former students, and colleagues; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 11 | Kathryn Williams Timmes and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 12 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Kathryn Timmes as an expression of | ||||||
| 16 | our deepest sympathy.
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