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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 Charles "Chuck" Anderson, a resident | ||||||
| 4 | of Maywood for 75 years, who passed away in late November of | ||||||
| 5 | 2021; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Charles Anderson was an educator for 32 years; | ||||||
| 7 | for the majority of those years, he worked at Proviso East High | ||||||
| 8 | School, which was his high school alma mater; he began his | ||||||
| 9 | teaching career at Emerson School in Maywood and taught for a | ||||||
| 10 | short time in Chicago Public Schools; he taught physical | ||||||
| 11 | education and was a football and wrestling coach at Proviso | ||||||
| 12 | East; as assistant dean, he was one of the first Black | ||||||
| 13 | administrators at Proviso East and served for four years; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Charles Anderson was co-owner with his wife of | ||||||
| 15 | the Che-Lis Ice Cream parlor, named after his two oldest | ||||||
| 16 | daughters, located in downtown Maywood on Fifth Avenue; | ||||||
| 17 | additionally, he was the co-owner with his stepfather of Minor & | ||||||
| 18 | Sons Auto Body & Repair shop, located on 13th and St. Charles | ||||||
| 19 | Avenue in Maywood; he also owned apartment buildings in | ||||||
| 20 | Maywood for over fifty years; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Charles Anderson was one of the founding members | ||||||
| 22 | of the Maywood Recreation Center and was instrumental in | ||||||
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| 1 | starting its afterschool mentoring program in the early 1970s; | ||||||
| 2 | he was a member of the prominent social club, The Maywood | ||||||
| 3 | Horsemen, a group known for hosting parties, local | ||||||
| 4 | fundraising, and sponsoring youth activities, such as the | ||||||
| 5 | Baseball Little League in the community; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, After retiring from teaching, Charles Anderson | ||||||
| 7 | dedicated more of his time as a public servant and served as a | ||||||
| 8 | village trustee for three terms; following his final term as a | ||||||
| 9 | trustee, he became chairman of the Board of the Fire and Police | ||||||
| 10 | Commission for several years; he served as a member and former | ||||||
| 11 | chairman of the Maywood Rotary Club and was a member of the | ||||||
| 12 | Masonic Jeptha Lodge #90 PHA of
Maywood; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Charles Anderson spent his life uplifting and | ||||||
| 14 | educating others and became a mentor to numerous young men and | ||||||
| 15 | former students throughout the years; he lived life to the | ||||||
| 16 | fullest and deeply enjoyed spending time with family and | ||||||
| 17 | friends; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Charles Anderson is survived by his three | ||||||
| 19 | daughters, Cheryl, LisaMarea, and Daphne Anderson; his two | ||||||
| 20 | sisters, Glenda Minor and Vonnie Rene Anderson; his nieces and | ||||||
| 21 | nephews; his cousins; and his extended family members and | ||||||
| 22 | friends; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 3 | Charles "Chuck" Anderson and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 4 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 5 | further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the family of Charles Anderson as an expression | ||||||
| 8 | of our deepest sympathy.
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