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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Charla Kay Denton, who passed away on May 
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7, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Charla Kay Denton was born in Berea, Kentucky on 
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July 28, 1946; her parents were Eleanor Kathryn (Stampley) and 
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Charles M. Denton; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Charla Kay Denton lived in several places around 
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the country and overseas before arriving in  Shorewood in 1961; 
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she graduated from Joliet Township High School and Joliet 
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Junior College; she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the 
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University of Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In most of her later years, Charla Kay Denton 
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worked primarily in providing housing support for the needy; 
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she had provided housing counseling since 1975, working first 
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with the Joliet-Will County Community Action Agency until 1983, 
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then with the Will County Center for Community Concerns from 
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1987 until the time of her death; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Charla Kay Denton was preceded in death by her 
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mother, Eleanor Kathryn (Stampley); and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Charla Kay Denton is survived by her father, 
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Charles M. Denton; her brother, Robert F.
Denton (Carol 
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Colatrella); her sisters, Deborah S.
Denton (Joseph 
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Pinzarrone) and Deena D. (James) Hillman;

and her especially 
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cherished nieces and nephews, Mattilee, Harry and Max Hillman, 
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Kathryn and Emma Pinzarrone and Charlie and Lena Denton; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Charla Kay Denton; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Charla Kay Denton as an expression 
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of our sympathy.