Bill Text: IL SR0031 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dianne Ruth Jones.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-02-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR0031 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SR0031-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Dianne Ruth Jones, who passed away on
December 31, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Dianne Jones was born on March 24, 1928 and was
raised in New York City; in 1949, she came to Chicago and
attended Roosevelt University; she married Linzey D. Jones Sr.
in 1950; and
WHEREAS, Dianne Jones and her husband became actively
involved in the growing civil rights movement in the 1950s and
1960s; she was actively involved with the NAACP in Chicago and
the south suburbs and helped to organize two NAACP chapters;
she also led efforts to desegregate Chicago's Rainbow Beach and
participated in the 1963 March on Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, Dianne Jones began her career as an educator in
the 1950s, teaching primarily in West Harvey School District
No. 147; in 1968, she led efforts to establish one of the first
teacher unions in the State of Illinois, West Harvey Federation
of Teachers Local 1698; she served as President of Local 1698
from 1972 to 1978; she also served as an Illinois Federation of
Teachers (IFT) Vice-President for 8 years and chairperson of
the Illinois Right-to-Read Advisory Council; after her

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retirement from teaching in 1979, she took on a larger role in
serving the interests of educators and children as an IFT Field
Service Director with IFT Local 604 until 1991; in that
capacity, she was responsible for organizing and bargaining for
teachers and staff in Sauk Village, Peotone, Channahon,
Wilmington, Homer, Joliet, Tinley Park, Steger, and many other
communities; she also worked on teacher training and school
reform initiatives of the IFT until her retirement from the IFT
in 1993; and
WHEREAS, Dianne Jones was preceded in death by her beloved
husband of 55 years, Linzey D. Jones Sr.; and
WHEREAS, Dianne Jones was the loving mother of Leslie Ann
Jones (Tom Johnson) and Judge Linzey D. Jones, Jr. (Gloria) and
the grandmother to Linzey George Jones and Ben, Charlie, and
Jake Johnson; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
her family and friends, the passing of Dianne Ruth Jones; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Dianne Jones as an expression of our
sympathy.