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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Barbara Kaye Barlow, who passed away on |
| 4 | | October 3, 2017; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Barlow was born in Chicago to Sam and Lula |
| 6 | | Stewart on
January 3, 1944; she attended Bryant and King |
| 7 | | Elementary Schools and Farragut High School on Chicago's West
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| 8 | | Side; she attended Chicago State University, where she received |
| 9 | | a Bachelor
of Science in Education; she received her master's |
| 10 | | degree from Governor State University and married Albert A. |
| 11 | | Barlow in 1963; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Barlow's first job was at the Reno |
| 13 | | Theatre, then later at Speigel's Catalog Company; she was a
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| 14 | | stay at home mom and raised her children until they were |
| 15 | | "school ready"; her passion
and dream was to become a teacher |
| 16 | | which she fulfilled when she became a 6th grade teacher at
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| 17 | | Caldwell Elementary School, a position she held until she |
| 18 | | retired; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Barlow was affectionately known as |
| 20 | | "Kaye"; In her early years, she enjoyed playing Scrabble and |
| 21 | | talking on the phone; she was a member of The Uniques Savings
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| 22 | | Club and held an annual Christmas party; in her
later years, |
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| 1 | | she became an avid fan of "The Price is Right", "Jeopardy", |
| 2 | | "Let's Make a Deal", and many other
game shows; she was a |
| 3 | | member of Bellevue Baptist Church in Chicago, where she taught |
| 4 | | Sunday school; she will be remembered for her infectious smile, |
| 5 | | kind words and cheerful personality; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Barlow was preceded in death by her |
| 7 | | daughter, Cheryl (William) Washington; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Barlow is survived by her husband, Albert; |
| 9 | | her children, Darren and Erik
(Roxanne); her grandchildren, |
| 10 | | Lane, Cameron, Erik, and Tramell; her great-granddaughter, |
| 11 | | Cobi; her brother, Sam (Bertha) Stewart; her sisters-in-law, |
| 12 | | Dorothy Newberry and Margaret (Theodore)
Thornton; her |
| 13 | | brother-in-law, Kenneth (Ouida) Barlow; and numerous nieces, |
| 14 | | nephews, cousins, and
friends; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 17 | | Barbara Kaye Barlow, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 19 | | further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Barbara Barlow as an expression of |
| 22 | | our deepest sympathy.
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