Bill Text: IL SR1051 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ruth Burton Foney.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-03 - Resolution Adopted [SR1051 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR1051-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 Ruth Burton Foney, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | December 22, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney was born on July 3, 1924, in Mantua, | ||||||
| 6 | Alabama; her parents were Mater Burton and Willie S. Burton; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney was a graduate of Druid City High | ||||||
| 9 | School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; she subsequently continued her | ||||||
| 10 | education at Stillman College; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, In the 1940s, Ruth Foney moved to Chicago, where | ||||||
| 12 | she became the faithful wife of Eugene Foney, Sr.; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney worked at Swift and Company and later | ||||||
| 14 | retired from Spiegel, Inc.; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney enjoyed cooking meals for her family, | ||||||
| 16 | walking, and riding the bus to visit her family and friends; | ||||||
| 17 | and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney accepted Christ at an early age and | ||||||
| 19 | joined Mt. Sinai Methodist Church in Mantua, Alabama; she later | ||||||
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| 1 | joined Greater Walters AME Methodist Church in Chicago, where | ||||||
| 2 | she served on the usher board; in the early 1950s, she she also | ||||||
| 3 | attended Faith United Methodist Church; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney was preceded in death by her husband, | ||||||
| 5 | Eugene, and her parents; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Ruth Foney is survived by her son, Eugene Foney, | ||||||
| 7 | Jr.; her daughter, Jennifer Foney; her granddaughter, Ariel | ||||||
| 8 | Dale-Foney; her sister, Evary Parker; her sisters-in-law, | ||||||
| 9 | Bessie Foney, Carrie Foney, and Bernice Brown; her | ||||||
| 10 | brother-in-law, Roosevelt Brown; and her many special nieces, | ||||||
| 11 | nephews, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 14 | her family and friends, the passing of Ruth Burton Foney; and | ||||||
| 15 | be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Ruth Foney as an expression of our | ||||||
| 18 | sympathy.
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