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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Enola Anna Dew, of Chicago, Illinois, who |
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| passed away on November 12, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Enola Dew was born on December 26, 1923 on a |
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| plantation near Loreauville, Louisiana; her parents were |
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| Joseph Hilliard and Mary Dominque; and
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| WHEREAS, Enola Dew grew up in New Iberia, Louisiana; she |
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| graduated from St. Edward School and Iberia Parish Training |
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| School; during World War II, she moved to Texas and worked in |
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| the war factories; she was very supportive of her family |
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| members who served in the military; and
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| WHEREAS, She moved to Chicago in the early 1940s and |
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| married Willie Maurice Dew on December 27, 1952; she was |
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| employed with the Cook County Hospital, St. Malachy Church, the |
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| United States Post Office, Mile Square Health Center, and Rush |
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| University Medical Center; she also performed domestic work and |
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| private duty home health nursing after retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, She worked with the Board of Election |
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| Commissioners and St. Malachy's Women's Auxiliary and marched |
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| with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when he would come to |
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| Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Enola A. Dew will be remembered by all her knew |
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| and loved her, especially her sons, Willie, Donald, and Gerald; |
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| her grandchildren, Coninyah, Akiyah, Daniel, Bryant, Samuel, |
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| Brandon, Cuatasha, Arika, Jerrard, Mamie, Michael, Yulonda, |
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| and Adia; her great-grandchildren; her daughter-in-law, |
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| Yulonda; her brothers, Joseph and Alvin; her sisters, Mary, |
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| Harriet, and Madlaine; and her brothers-in-law, |
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| sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and |
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| friends; she was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, |
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| Willie M. Dew, Sr.; her brothers, Alton, Leo, and Carol; and |
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| her sister, Veronica; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we extend our |
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| condolences to the family and friends of Enola Anna Dew; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Enola Anna Dew.
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