Bill Text: IL SR1390 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joyce I. Duncan.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR1390 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1390-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 Joyce I. Duncan, who passed away on May | ||||||
| 4 | 28, 2014; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan was born on March 1, 1956 in Herrin; | ||||||
| 6 | she moved with her family to Waukegan in 1961; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan graduated from Waukegan High School; | ||||||
| 8 | she subsequently attended Northern Illinois University for 3 | ||||||
| 9 | years before earning a bachelor's degree from Shimmer College; | ||||||
| 10 | and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan worked for Kemper Insurance Company | ||||||
| 12 | for many years; she later worked with the YWCA in Waukegan from | ||||||
| 13 | 1991 until her retirement in 2008; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan was baptized at an early age by the | ||||||
| 15 | late Rev. H.J. Cook at Gideon Baptist Church, where she served | ||||||
| 16 | on the junior usher board; she later relocated her church | ||||||
| 17 | membership to Waukegan Community Church, where she continued to | ||||||
| 18 | serve and work in the church under the leadership of Rev. | ||||||
| 19 | Obleton; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan enjoyed reading, traveling, live | ||||||
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| 1 | theater, and making Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls for friends; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan was preceded in death by her mother, | ||||||
| 3 | Shirley Duncan; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Joyce Duncan is survived by a daughter, Kirby | ||||||
| 5 | Duncan; her father, Willie A. Duncan, Sr.; 4 brothers, Michael | ||||||
| 6 | Duncan, Willie, Jr., Gregory, and Terry; 2 sisters, Sheryl | ||||||
| 7 | (Bill) Robinson and Janet (John) Gayden; many uncles, aunts, | ||||||
| 8 | cousins, nephews, nieces, other relatives, and friends; and 2 | ||||||
| 9 | special friends, Cathy Wiggins and Luan Porter; therefore, be | ||||||
| 10 | it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
| 13 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Joyce I. Duncan; and | ||||||
| 14 | be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Joyce Duncan as an expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | sympathy.
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