Bill Text: IL SR0972 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Mardine McReynolds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0972 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0972-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 Mardine "Deenie" McReynolds; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Mardine McReynolds was born in East Chicago | ||||||
5 | Heights (Ford
Heights) on March 23, 1947 to Marshall Berry and | ||||||
6 | Odessa McReynolds; she attended Bloom Township High School in | ||||||
7 | Chicago Heights and graduated from Northern Illinois | ||||||
8 | University with a bachelor's
degree in education; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Mardine McReynolds began her teaching career at | ||||||
10 | Eisenhower High School in Blue Island; she
worked at the | ||||||
11 | University of Chicago, taught continuing education at South | ||||||
12 | Suburban College, and then
joined the staff of the American | ||||||
13 | College of Surgeons as a Human Resource Specialist, remaining | ||||||
14 | there for many years; she
then returned to education as a music | ||||||
15 | teacher at the Chicago International Charter School (CICS) in
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16 | Chicago; after retiring from CICS, she returned as a volunteer | ||||||
17 | tutor
at the Pershing School in Chicago; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Mardine McReynolds came to Portland Street Church | ||||||
19 | of God in Christ (now Goodwin Memorial Cathedral) at
the age of | ||||||
20 | 14 months with her mother and remained there for more than 50 | ||||||
21 | years; she served principally in the Sunday
School Department, | ||||||
22 | starting out as a Sunday School teacher and then serving as |
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1 | Junior Sunday
School Superintendent; she worked in the field | ||||||
2 | with other ministries to help them
grow and build, including | ||||||
3 | Robinson Memorial A.M.E., New Original Church of God in Christ,
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4 | South Shore Community Church, and many more; she played the | ||||||
5 | piano and had a beautiful
singing voice; she sang throughout | ||||||
6 | her school years and was a member of the Kennedy-King
College | ||||||
7 | Community Chorus, the Chicago Community Chorus, the National | ||||||
8 | A.M.E. Conference
Choir, and many other choirs and singing | ||||||
9 | groups; she was a frequent
soloist at churches and weddings and | ||||||
10 | was well-known for her beautiful rendition of "The Lord's
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11 | Prayer"; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Mardine McReynolds was preceded in death by her | ||||||
13 | father, Marshall, and her nephew, Larry; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Mardine McReynolds is
survived by her mother, | ||||||
15 | Odessa; her 3 brothers, Marshall, James (LaQuetia), and Myron | ||||||
16 | (Nancy);
her 2 sisters, Janis and Bettie; her 4 nephews, | ||||||
17 | Terence, Marquis, Jonathan, and Chaz; her 5 nieces, Marcya, | ||||||
18 | Dina, Sydney, Caroline, and Julia; her 8 great-nieces and | ||||||
19 | nephews; her sister-in-law,
Esther; and several cousins, | ||||||
20 | including Betty Jo Taylor and Ava Stewart; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
22 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
23 | Mardine "Deenie" McReynolds, and extend our sincere |
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1 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
2 | her; and be it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to the family of Mardine McReynolds as an expression | ||||||
5 | of our deepest sympathy.
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