Bill Text: IL HR1542 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Odie Marie Conner.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-12-14 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Camille Y Lilly [HR1542 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1542-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
Odie | ||||||
| 4 | Marie Conner; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Odie Conner was born September 6, 1923, in | ||||||
| 6 | Deberry, Texas; her parents were Alec Leary and Narsis Clark; | ||||||
| 7 | she married Leon Conner on April 24, 1942, in Chicago; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Odie Conner attended church and grade school in | ||||||
| 9 | Deberry, Texas; she then attended high school in Carthage, | ||||||
| 10 | Texas after she and her family moved there in 1935; that same | ||||||
| 11 | year, she was baptized and became a member of the Bethlehem | ||||||
| 12 | Baptist Church, under the pastorate of Reverend Isaiah Barren; | ||||||
| 13 | and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Odie Conner was a devoted mother and housewife who | ||||||
| 15 | was active in church and grade school activities; she was also | ||||||
| 16 | a Cub Scout den mother and a faithful member of the PTA; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Odie Conner enjoyed fashion shows, where her | ||||||
| 18 | beauty and taste always made her a winner; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Odie Conner was preceded in death by her parents; | ||||||
| 20 | her siblings; and her children, Thomas Earl, Ralph Wesley, and | ||||||
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| 1 | Alva Cheryl; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Odie Conner is survived by her loving husband of | ||||||
| 3 | 69 years, Leon; her daughters, Joy, Marilyn, and Melody; her | ||||||
| 4 | sibling, Beater Thomas; her 13 grandchildren; her 15 | ||||||
| 5 | great-grandchildren; and her many nieces, nephews, cousins, | ||||||
| 6 | and friends; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 9 | mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Odie | ||||||
| 10 | Marie Conner; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Odie Conner as an expression of our | ||||||
| 13 | sympathy.
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