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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 Doris
Ivy, who passed away on June 29, | ||||||
| 4 | 2018; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Doris Ivy's early years were spent in Alton, along
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| 6 | the Mississippi River; her family moved to Chicago when she was
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| 7 | seven; she attended Waller High School, now Lincoln Park
High | ||||||
| 8 | School; she married Arthur Lee Crume Sr. and then later married | ||||||
| 9 | Augusta Ivy in 1951; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Doris Ivy had 10 children, Arthur, Diane, Loretta, | ||||||
| 11 | Patricia, Teresa, Andrew, Lawrence, Dennis, Leonard, and | ||||||
| 12 | Shirley; she was preceded in death by Dennis, Leonard, and | ||||||
| 13 | Shirley; her devotion to her family, children, and | ||||||
| 14 | grandchildren was unparalleled; she worked various jobs in the | ||||||
| 15 | service industry and also helped her husband in their many | ||||||
| 16 | flourishing business ventures on the West Side of Chicago, all | ||||||
| 17 | while raising her children; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Doris Ivy received a kidney transplant in 1991; | ||||||
| 19 | this second chance at life inspired her brother, Secretary of
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| 20 | State Jesse White, to become a strong advocate for organ and
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| 21 | tissue donation and to make the Organ/Tissue Donor Registry a | ||||||
| 22 | priority of his administration; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Doris Ivy served as an election judge, and for
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| 2 | more than 30 years, she volunteered to help coordinate a ham
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| 3 | and turkey distribution for senior citizens, headed by | ||||||
| 4 | Secretary White; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Doris Ivy enjoyed singing at her church, Greater | ||||||
| 6 | St. John Missionary Baptist Church, and
organizing weekly bingo | ||||||
| 7 | games for seniors in the
residential high rise where she lived; | ||||||
| 8 | she was a gifted cook; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Doris Ivy had a heart to serve and was a faithful | ||||||
| 10 | member of the William V. Banks Grand Lodge Order of the Eastern | ||||||
| 11 | Star for 25 years, where she was the Worthy Matron of the | ||||||
| 12 | Christ Love Chapter, leading women in bible study groups and | ||||||
| 13 | helping them develop leadership and life skills; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Doris Ivy is survived by her brother, Secretary of
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| 15 | State Jesse White; her sister, Cora; seven of her 10 children;
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| 16 | 12 of her 17 grandchildren; 39 of her 40 great-grandchildren;
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| 17 | and 12 great-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 20 | Doris Ivy and extend our sincere condolences to her family, her | ||||||
| 21 | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 2 | presented to the family of Doris Ivy as an expression of our
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| 3 | deepest sympathy.
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