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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 Gertrude "Cookie" Wright of Chicago, who 
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passed away on June 8, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gertrude "Cookie" Wright was born March 21, 1942 
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in Woodstock, Tennessee
to the late Jack and Susie Rodgers; she 
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was baptized at an early age at the Campbell Chapel AME Church 
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of Woodstock where she sang in the choir with many of her 
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immediate family members; she graduated from Woodstock High 
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School where she was also crowned Miss Woodstock High School 
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during her senior year; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gertrude Wright later moved to Chicago, where she 
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graduated from Olive Harvey College Nursing School with a 
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Registered Nursing degree; she worked as a nurse at the Hyde 
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Park Hospital of Chicago; she also provided private duty 
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nursing for seniors; she later joined the Sure-Way Missionary 
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Baptist Church of Chicago where she served faithfully within 
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the women's ministry; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gertrude Wright was the first person in her 
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immediate family to be elected to public office; she was 
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elected to two four-year terms as a member of the local school 
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council in Chicago and  was instrumental in the election 
 


 






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victories of the late Mayor of Chicago Harold Washington and 
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current Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr.; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gertrude Wright was preceded in death by her 
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parents and her loving sister, Bobbie Jean Carpenter; and

 
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    WHEREAS,

Gertrude H. Wright is survived by her husband, 
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Malvin Wright; her sons, Sean Tere (Kathy) Howard and Otheius 
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B. Wright; her sisters, Charlie (Mack) Reed, LaVerne (Ezell) 
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Williams, Cecil (Alonzo) Mitchell, Bishop Bettye (Neasbie) 
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Alston, and Shirley R. Hill; her  brothers, Jackie Ray (Nellie) 
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Rodgers and  Jessie L. Rodgers; and her eight grandchildren; 
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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 Gertrude H. "Cookie" 
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Wright; and 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 Gertrude "Cookie" Wright as a symbol 
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of our sympathy.