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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
Leatrice E. Hall, who passed away on |
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| April 10, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Leatrice Hall was born on April 18, 1953, in |
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| Chicago; her parents were Fletcher C. and Elizabeth Hall; and
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| WHEREAS, Leatrice Hall grew up in the Chicago neighborhood |
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| of Bronzeville; she attended Wendell Phillips and Dunbar High |
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| Schools and Kennedy King College; and
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| WHEREAS, Leatrice Hall had a long and distinguished career |
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| in child care; she began as a babysitter for her first niece, |
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| Zena, then began her formal career of serving children at the |
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| Augustana Children's Home on Chicago's north side; for over 5 |
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| years, she helped to take care of children with special needs |
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| and engaged them in different activities; she subsequently |
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| worked at several other home day care providers, then cared for |
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| children full-time at her home; she also worked at the W.W. |
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| Vincent Insurance Company of America, the American States |
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| Insurance Company, and the City of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Leatrice Hall accepted Christ at an early age; she |
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| formally became a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ |
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| in 2002 after fellowshipping with her family at Trinity for |
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| over 15 years; she worked in the church's Food Share Ministry |
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| for many years; and
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| WHEREAS, Leatrice Hall was preceded in death by her sister, |
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| Karen; her uncle, Johnny; and her grandmother, Sarah Mae |
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| Leslie; and
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| WHEREAS, Leatrice Hall is survived by her parents; her son, |
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| Steve Aric Hall; her daughter-in-law, Gene' Charlese Hall; her |
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| granddaughters, Amaya and Malia; her brothers, Zachary E. Hall |
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| (Kendrea) and Fletcher A. Hall; her sisters, Diane Livingston, |
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| Sandra Hall, and Yolanda Hall; her nieces, Zena Beach (Kip), |
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| Cherise, Cara, Karen, and Erika; her nephews, Fletcher A. Hall |
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| III, Tremayne (Tanya), and Kenneth; her great-nieces, Blake |
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| Bowie and Nia; her great-nephews, Zachary, Nicholas, Kendell, |
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| Keadon, and Isaac; her aunts, Mary Freeman and Mildred |
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| Williams; her uncle, Odell Moody; and her many cousins, other |
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| relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Leatrice E. Hall; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |