Bill Text: IL HR0546 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Kathryn Williams Timmes of Peoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0546 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0546-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Kathryn | ||||||
| 4 | Williams Timmes of Peoria, who passed away on October 8, 2019; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was born in Ashland, Kentucky to | ||||||
| 7 | Almira and Willie Williams on January 10, 1931; she attended | ||||||
| 8 | high school at the Swift Memorial Institute, a private boarding | ||||||
| 9 | school in Rogersville, Tennessee; her undergraduate education | ||||||
| 10 | was at Bennett College, an all-girls, historically-black | ||||||
| 11 | college in Greensboro, North Carolina; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes began her career teaching fourth | ||||||
| 13 | grade in New York City; after a few years, she moved to Peoria | ||||||
| 14 | and worked at the Carver Center; after a year, she taught at | ||||||
| 15 | the Spalding Institute and the Academy of Our Lady; she then | ||||||
| 16 | began her 50-year career with District 150 and taught at | ||||||
| 17 | Douglas Elementary School and counseled students at Manual and | ||||||
| 18 | Woodruff High Schools; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was the first president of the | ||||||
| 20 | Heritage Ensemble and a charter member of Delta Sigma Theta | ||||||
| 21 | Sorority, Peoria Alumnae Chapter; she had many | ||||||
| 22 | accomplishments, but her greatest pride and joy was her role as | ||||||
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| 1 | a wife, mother, and daughter; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was a founding member of Leader | ||||||
| 3 | Gordon-Booth's Kitchen Cabinet, a group of smart, fierce, | ||||||
| 4 | loving women from the community that saw promise and talent in | ||||||
| 5 | a young 24-year-old woman who wanted to serve her community; | ||||||
| 6 | and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 8 | husband of 59 years, John Timmes, and her daughter, Janique | ||||||
| 9 | "Jan"; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes is survived by her daughter, | ||||||
| 11 | Johnna; her closest sister-girlfriend, Jeanne St. Julian; and | ||||||
| 12 | numerous extended family members, church members, neighbors, | ||||||
| 13 | friends, former students, and colleagues; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we mourn the passing of Kathryn Williams Timmes and extend our | ||||||
| 17 | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
| 18 | and loved her; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Kathryn Timmes as an expression of | ||||||
| 21 | our deepest sympathy.
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