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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of Senate were deeply saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Mary Bridget "DonnieMae" Collins on July |
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| 29, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Bridget Houston was born on November 27, |
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| 1937, in Memphis, Tennesee to Daisy S. and Donzell Houston; she |
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| was baptized as an infant at St. Augustine Church in Memphis, |
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| where she faithfully attended with her grandmother, Daisy |
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| Perkins; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Collins obtained her LPN and RN in Battle |
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| Creek, Michigan; upon her relocation to the Chicagoland area in |
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| 1975, she continued her formal education and obtained both her |
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| Bachelors and Masters degrees in the field of Nursing; her gift |
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| of nursing allowed her to teach and touch the hearts of many |
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| over the years from the United States to Africa; and
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| WHEREAS, A very spiritual and faith-filled person, Mrs. |
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| Collins rededicated her life to Christ in 1990 upon joining the |
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| Faith Community of St. Sabina; she continued her gift of caring |
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| through her membership in the Ministry of Care at St. Sabina; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mary Bridget Collins will be felt |
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| by all who knew and loved her, especially her husband, Joseph |
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| Collins; her children, Yvette Mary (Ron) Dunlap, Ronald Eugene |
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| (Margaret) Thompson, Donna Lynette (Bill) Biggus, Vincent Dale |
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| Watson, and Marilyn Dionne (Phillip) Hunter; her |
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| grandchildren, Taylor Dunlap, Ronald (Angie) Thompson II, |
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| Derrick Thompson, Justin Thompson, Amanda Thompson, Chrisann |
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| Biggus, Bridget Biggus, Sabrina Biggus, Montrell Watson, |
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| Nicole Watson, Justin Watson, Ashia Hunter, Malachi Hunter, |
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| Melvin Clemons, and Honesty Clemons; her great-grandchildren, |
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| Tristan, Dachia, Jamal, Mikiah, Jyaer, Amari, Najae, Kalasia, |