Bill Text: IL SR0821 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Deidre Nicole Silas of Springfield.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-02-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0821 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0821-Introduced.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
| ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Deidre Nicole Silas of Springfield, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on January 4, 2022; and
| ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Deidre Silas was born to Roy and Barie Graham in | ||||||
| 6 | Kingston, Jamaica on July 30, 1985; she moved to the United | ||||||
| 7 | States in December 1995; during high school, she made the | ||||||
| 8 | National Honor Roll for many years; she also served as a Scope | ||||||
| 9 | mentor and participated in the Boys and Girls Club, the | ||||||
| 10 | Fashionetta cotillion, and the UBC Youth Ministry; she was the | ||||||
| 11 | president of the Caribbean Student Association in 2007; she | ||||||
| 12 | received her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice in 2008; | ||||||
| 13 | she married Andre Silas in 2017; she earned her Master of | ||||||
| 14 | Public Administration in 2019, her certification in Project | ||||||
| 15 | Management in 2020, and certification in Human Resource | ||||||
| 16 | Management in 2020; and
| ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Deidre Silas committed to her faith at an early | ||||||
| 18 | age; her church home was Union Baptist Church; she enjoyed | ||||||
| 19 | reading, playing with her kids, playing mom to her younger | ||||||
| 20 | cousins, cooking, and spending time with her family and | ||||||
| 21 | friends; and
| ||||||
| 22 | WHEREAS, Deidre Silas was affectionately known as "Nadia" | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | and was the heartbeat of her household; and
| ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Deidre Silas was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 3 | grandparents, Gersham and Gertrude; her aunt, Carole, and her | ||||||
| 4 | grandmother, Beryl; and
| ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Deidre Silas is survived by her husband, Andre | ||||||
| 6 | Silas; her children, Ashton Silas and Amelia Silas; her | ||||||
| 7 | parents; her brother, Mario Graham; her honorary sister and | ||||||
| 8 | cousin, Monique Coombs; her grandfather, Clifford; her aunts, | ||||||
| 9 | Monica, Avis, Andrea, Annmarie, Shawnie, Movia, Sylvia, | ||||||
| 10 | Sharon, Kerryann, and Carol; her uncles, Carl, Lenny, Winston, | ||||||
| 11 | Errol, Donovan, Wayne, Junior, and Shawn; and her many | ||||||
| 12 | cousins; therefore, be it
| ||||||
| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 15 | Deidre Nicole Silas and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 16 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further
| ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Deidre Silas as an expression of our | ||||||
| 20 | deepest sympathy.
| ||||||
