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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives learned with sadness of the death of Lela |
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| Virginia Wilson of Chicago on September 3, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Wilson was born February 28, 1920, in |
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| Westpoint, Mississippi, to Robert and Elizabeth Wilson; and
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| WHEREAS, She attended Booker T. Washington Elementary |
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| School in Memphis, Tennessee; after moving to Chicago, she |
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| attended DuSable High School and Wilson Junior College; and
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| WHEREAS, She retired from the Department of Aging as the |
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| leading Manpower Specialist; she received the Senior |
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| Achievement Award from Operation Able in 1983; upon retirement, |
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| she was a volunteer at Whitter Elementary School in Great |
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| Falls, Montana; after moving back to Chicago, she became a |
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| volunteer for the American Cancer Society; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Wilson ran her first marathon in 2001 at the |
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| age of 81; she ran a 5K race in April of 2005, and she won her |
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| last race on September 3, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her |
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| siblings, Thomas and Robert Wilson; her daughter, Katherine |
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| Howard-White; her sons, Thomas and James Howard; and her |
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| grandson, Darryl Howard; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lela Wilson is felt by all who knew |
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| and loved her, especially her children, Phyliss Porter (Lloyd |
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| S.), Linda Ester, and Theresa Elizabeth Wilson; her |
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| grandchildren, Thomas Howard (Valarie), Kenneth L. Porter |
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| (Holli), Kerry Porter, Karen Porter Morrison, Lela Howard, |
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| Joyce Ester, Kelli T. Porter Tapp (Alonzo), Rickey Howard, |
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| Keith Porter (Nicole), and Mark Howard; her twelve |