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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On Sunday, November 5, 2006, Isabel Graham |
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| Henderson Pedro joined her parents, sister, grandson, and |
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| stepsons in Paradise; and
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| WHEREAS, Isabel Lula Graham was born in Chicago, Illinois, |
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| on June 3, 1929, the eldest daughter of Frances Porter Graham |
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| and Charles Alexander Graham; and
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| WHEREAS, She graduated from Avondale Grammar School in |
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| 1943, Carl Schurz High School in 1947, and attended Wilson Jr. |
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| College in the late 1940's; In 1952, she married Herbert H. |
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| Henderson; into that marriage was born Natalie, Victoria, and |
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| Michelle; and
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| WHEREAS,
In 1966, she graduated from Roosevelt University |
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| with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and she earned a Master of |
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| Science in Education from Chicago State University in 1977; and
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| WHEREAS, After an early childhood membership in Quinn |
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| Chapel AME, the family joined St. Edmunds Church; she |
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| maintained memberships at Church of the Holy Cross, Mount |
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| Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, was a founding member of |
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| Salem Baptist Church, and Beth Eden Baptist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, In the 1950's she worked at University of Illinois |
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| at Navy Pier as a library clerk; while attending Roosevelt |
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| University in the early 1960's, she worked at the Fourth Estate |
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| Restaurant; after graduating from Roosevelt, she completed her |
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| student teaching at Carver Elementary School; for almost 30 |
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| years she served as a primary classroom teacher, then as a |
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| special education teacher at Beethoven Elementary; she retired |
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| from Beethoven in the early 1990's; and
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| WHEREAS, Isabel had a lifetime love of music; she was a |
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| talented piano player and vocalist; she was a member of various |
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| community and school choirs, including the Bel-Tones and The |
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| Wooten Ensemble; and
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| WHEREAS, On April 19, 1995, she married her long-time love |
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| and bridge partner, Donald M. Pedro, M.D.; and
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| WHEREAS,
Isabel loved to play bridge, and was a member of |
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| many clubs, including the Paragons Duplicate Bridge Club, The |
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| LaBelles Femme Bridge Club, Maple Park Bridge Club, Ada Park |
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| Bridge Club, La Dimanche Point Trieze Bridge Club, The Third |
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| Saturday Bridge Club, and was the beloved First Lady of the |
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| Midwest Bridge Unit of the American Bridge Association; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Isabel Graham Henderson Pedro has |
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| been deeply felt by all who knew and loved her; her family |
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| includes her daughters, Natalie Frances Henderson Ray, |
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| Victoria Dallas Henderson Peters, Michelle Louise Henderson |
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| Allison (Charles Henry Allison); her grandchildren, Claudia |
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| Jeanette Ray (Kevin D. Walker, Sr.), Kenneth Ernest Henderson |
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| (Tawanna Kyle), Charles Antuan Peters (deceased), David Jerome |
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| Bryant, and Steven Marcus Johnson; her great-grandsons, Keyon |
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| Kyle, Charles Kenneth Harris, De'Angelo Venson, Ta'Joun Kyle, |
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| Kevin D. Walker, Jr., Vincent Carter, and David Carter; her |
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| honorary children, Anthony Pedro, Donald M. Pedro, Jr., Sharon |
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| A. Pedro-Dudley, Bruce M. Pedro, Ishida M. Pedro-Robinson |
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| (Jim), James H. Brooks (deceased), Patrice A. Pedro, Riccardo |
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| Christopher Pedro (deceased), Garnett D. Pedro, Valerie L. |
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| Pedro, Laura J. Pedro, and Donna M. Pedro; and her nephew, Ivan |
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| Charles Collins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Isabel Graham Henderson |
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| Pedro; and be it further
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