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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Mayme Finley Spencer of Evanston, who 
4passed away on February 8, 2011; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born February 28, 1921 and  grew up in 
6Milwaukee, Wisconsin; her father, Robert, worked construction 
7for the city and her mother, Evelyn, was a housewife; her 
8parents died prior to her entering high school, and she raised 
9her three siblings by herself with help from an uncle; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, After graduating from Marquette University, she 
11moved to Chicago and found work as a lab technician at Mt. 
12Sinai Hospital; she received her law degree from Chicago-Kent 
13College of Law, and continued to practice law up until her 
14passing; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, She married Warren Frank Spencer, an Evanston 
16doctor; she became an Evanston alderman, and made fair housing 
17her priority; her fair housing ordinance was one of her biggest 
18achievements; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, When her service as an alderman ended she became a 
20member of the Northern Illinois University board of trustees 
21and served on former Illinois Governor Walker's commission on 
 
 
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1race relations; she was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and 
2enjoyed playing bridge, bingo, and working crossword puzzles; 
3she was very proud of her family, and loved having Sunday 
4brunch with them; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her 
6three siblings; and her husband; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Mayme Finley Spencer is survived by her daughters, 
8Clothield Miller and her husband, Willie J. Miller, Wendy 
9Spencer and her long-time friend, George Griffin, Karen Spencer 
10Kelly and her husband, John B. Kelly, and Shelley Spencer 
11Fitzsimmons and her husband, Patrick Fitzsimmons; and her eight 
12grandchildren; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
15her family and friends, the passing of Mayme Finley Spencer; 
16and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of Mayme Finley Spencer as a symbol of 
19our sincere sympathy.