Bill Text: IL SR1379 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Eliza House.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1379 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1379-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Eliza House of Lockport, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on June 28, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Eliza House was born to Cicero and Bertha Bullock | ||||||
| 6 | in Edgecomb County, North Carolina on December 30, 1923; she | ||||||
| 7 | was a talented student and participated in school district | ||||||
| 8 | competitions for public speaking, sports, and dance while in | ||||||
| 9 | high school; in her last year of high school, she moved to | ||||||
| 10 | Portsmith, Virginia to work for the wartime National Youth | ||||||
| 11 | Administration in the Navy yard; while there, she also attended | ||||||
| 12 | classes in the evening and met her future husband, Deacon | ||||||
| 13 | Thomas R. House; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, After moving to Lockport, Eliza House began | ||||||
| 15 | working various jobs; at one point, she obtained her beauty | ||||||
| 16 | license and began doing hair in her kitchen on the weekends; | ||||||
| 17 | she also worked for S.W. Sickles and then in the maintenance | ||||||
| 18 | department at Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Joliet; she become the | ||||||
| 19 | first female security guard at Caterpillar and retired from | ||||||
| 20 | Caterpillar after 27 years of service; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, In the 1960s, Eliza House became a founding member | ||||||
| 22 | of The Order of the Eastern Star, Ruth Chapter #9; in the late | ||||||
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| 1 | 1960s, she played on the Caterpillar women's baseball and | ||||||
| 2 | basketball teams; she was a proud and active member of Shiloh | ||||||
| 3 | MB Church, where she served in the Senior Choir and Greater | ||||||
| 4 | United Choir, managed the children's choir for many years, was | ||||||
| 5 | a Sunday school teacher for over 30 years, and was a member of | ||||||
| 6 | the Home Mission Ministry; after retirement, she served as a | ||||||
| 7 | foster grandparent at Fairmont Elementary School and did other | ||||||
| 8 | volunteer work at the school into her 80s; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Eliza House lived her life with a great | ||||||
| 10 | commmitment to excellence; she loved to travel and felt | ||||||
| 11 | particularly blessed to visit Israel in the 1980s; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Eliza House was preceded in death by her husband, | ||||||
| 13 | Deacon Thomas R. House; her parents, Cicero and Bertha; her | ||||||
| 14 | son, Tommy House; and nine siblings; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Eliza House is survived by her siblings, Elizabeth | ||||||
| 16 | Washington, Clarence Bullock, and David Bullock; her children, | ||||||
| 17 | Rhonda Bailey, Richard (Robbie) House, Lorna House, and Bryan | ||||||
| 18 | (Leah) House Sr.; her grandchildren, Carlos Hayes, Tamekeyo | ||||||
| 19 | (Sinatra) Griffin, Tanya House, Kaleah Bailey, Brenton Bailey, | ||||||
| 20 | Rishawn House, Ryan House, Brittney House, Bryan House Jr., | ||||||
| 21 | Jory House, Rakelle House, Brooklyn House, Liam Gulmi, and | ||||||
| 22 | Marcus House; and her host of great-grandchildren, nieces, and | ||||||
| 23 | nephews; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 3 | Eliza House and extend our sincere
condolences to her family, | ||||||
| 4 | friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 6 | presented to the family of Eliza House as an expression of
our | ||||||
| 7 | deepest sympathy.
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