Bill Text: IL SR0458 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of H. Yvonne McKinney.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0458 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0458-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of H. Yvonne McKinney, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | August 22, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was born to Emanuel Hicks Sr. and | ||||||
| 6 | Addie Lee (Thomas) Hicks in Waukegan on February 11, 1944; she | ||||||
| 7 | was raised in Waukegan; she attended McAllister Grade School | ||||||
| 8 | and graduated from Waukegan Township High School; she married | ||||||
| 9 | Lee Edward Mason Sr. in 1962, and they had two children, Lee E. | ||||||
| 10 | Mason Jr. and Lisa E. Mason; she later married John McKinney in | ||||||
| 11 | 1978, and they raised their four children, Lee Jr., Lisa, | ||||||
| 12 | Vicki, and Venus, together; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney started working at Abbott shortly | ||||||
| 14 | after completing high school and retired after 38 years of | ||||||
| 15 | service; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was a member of First Corinthian | ||||||
| 17 | Missionary Baptist Church in North Chicago, where she | ||||||
| 18 | faithfully volunteered; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 20 | paternal grandparents, Alford and Mamie Hicks; her maternal | ||||||
| 21 | grandparents, Robert and Rosie Thomas; her parents; her | ||||||
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| 1 | grandson, Shawn Sotomayor; her brothers, Emanuel Hicks Jr. and | ||||||
| 2 | Tyrone Springs; and her sister, Brenda Mayfield; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney is survived by her husband, John | ||||||
| 4 | McKinney; her children, Lee E. Mason Jr., Lisa E. (Dillard) | ||||||
| 5 | Dabney, Vicki McKinney, and Venus (Carleton Sr.) Childs; her | ||||||
| 6 | grandchildren, Andre Brewton, Taylore Dabney, Darielle Hay, | ||||||
| 7 | Carleton Childs Jr., Naomi Childs, and Rebecca Childs; her | ||||||
| 8 | great-grandsons, Stone Brewton, Isaiah Childs, and Ezra | ||||||
| 9 | Childs; her siblings, Shirley Robinson, Gloria Jennings, | ||||||
| 10 | Vanessa (Fred) Washington, Surthal, Gregory, and Darrell | ||||||
| 11 | Hicks, Carolyn Gilliam, Patricia, Deborah, Phyllis, and Irene | ||||||
| 12 | Williams, Vonda (Robert) Hall, Caronn (Dale) Godbolt, and | ||||||
| 13 | Joyce Parker; her dear friend, Jacqueline Wilkins; and a | ||||||
| 14 | multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, | ||||||
| 15 | be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 18 | H. Yvonne McKinney and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 19 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | presented to the family of Yvonne McKinney as an expression of | ||||||
| 23 | our deepest sympathy.
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