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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Barbara 
4S. Penelton of Peoria, who passed away on March 18, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Barbara Penelton was born on April 8, 1937, in 
6Chicago to Ruth and George Spencer; she attended Chicago Public 
7Schools and earned a bachelors of science and a masters of 
8science in education in 1958 and 1961, respectively, from the 
9University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana; she married Frank 
10Smith but that union ended in divorce and in 1968 she married 
11Richard Penelton; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Barbara Penelton began teaching for the Chicago 
13Public Schools; in 1966, she moved to Peoria after accepting a 
14position as director of education for the Peoria Tri-County 
15Urban League; in 1969, she became the first African-American 
16female faculty member at Bradley University, where she taught 
17and served as chair of the university's Department of Teacher 
18Education in the College of Education and Health Sciences; and
  
 
  
19    WHEREAS, Barbara Penelton was preceded in death by her 
20mother, Ruth and her husband, Richard; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Barbara Penelton is survived by her father, George 
 
 
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1Spencer Sr.; her brother, George Spencer Jr.; her daughters, 
2Lisa Penelton and Kim (Frank) Campbell; her grandchildren, 
3Franklin and Julian Campbell; her other children, Toby Smith, 
4Sheri Mathis, Dominique Brown, and George Lyon Spencer; her 
5other grandchildren, Nishay Brown, Daejunique Brown, Jordan 
6Carter, Nathan Carter, Sydney Mathis, Joseph Mathis, Geordan 
7Spencer, and Skye Spencer; her goddaughter, Karlyn Miller 
8Singleton; one godgranddaughter, Tamara Camille Butler; and a 
9host of other much-beloved children, family members, book club 
10sisters, and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
12NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
13we mourn the passing of Barbara Penelton, and we extend our 
14sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew 
15and loved her; and be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to the family of Barbara Penelton as an expression of 
18our deepest sympathy.