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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Hazel Moore of North |
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| Chicago on Tuesday, January 17,2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moore was born on July 4, 1929 to John W. and |
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| Susan Harrison Shelton in Winona, Mississippi; she was married |
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| to Coleman R. Moore in 1947; and
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| WHEREAS, Hazel Moore moved to North Chicago in 1952, and |
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| joined Mt. Sinai Baptist Church under the pastor Reverend W.D. |
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| Kilgore; She served on the Usher Board and on the Trustee |
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| Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moore was a pillar of her North Chicago |
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| neighborhood; she was the first Black Woman elected to the |
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| North Chicago City Council, where she served for 8 years; she |
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| also served on the Board of Directors for the Girl Scout |
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| Council, as Leader of Junior and Cadet troops and co-leader of |
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| a Brownie troop; she was elected and served 2 terms on the |
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| School Board for School District #123; she was an original |
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| member of the Progressive Community Organization; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moore was preceded in death by her parents; |
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| her brothers, Howard, Richard, Luther, and Lawrence; and her |
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| sisters, Maggie Shelton, Amie Brown, Annie M. Clemons, Mary |
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| Roberts, and Lillye Moore; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Hazel Moore has been deeply felt by |
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| many, especially her husband, Coleman R. Moore; her sister, |
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| Hallie King; her sons, Dennis (Margaret) Moore and James "Tony" |
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| Moore; her daughters, Carolyn (Charles) Butler, Rhonda and |
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| Audrey Moore, Tamara (Artis) Yancey, and Melissa (Andy) |
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| Delgado; her adopted son, William Franks; her adopted daughter, |
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| Sheila France; her twenty-eight grandchildren; and her six |