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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 Juanita Newell Cook of Dolton, who passed |
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| away on May 28, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Juanita Newell Cook was born to the union of Mason |
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| Sr. and Ethel Newell on August 7, 1928;
Juanita was baptized in |
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| the Catholic Church at an early age; she attended St. Elizabeth |
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| Grammar School in Chicago, St. Frances High School in |
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| Rockcastle, West Virginia, and Loop Junior College in Chicago; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Juanita met and married Wonnie Cook in 1948; |
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| Juanita was influential in the lives of many neighborhood |
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| children; "Granny" as she was affectionately known, took many |
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| of these children into her home and raised them as her own; she |
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| remained a devoted Christian throughout her life; she was a |
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| member of St. Raphael Catholic Church and the Knights of Peter |
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| Claver Auxiliary at St. Benedict the African; she became an |
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| active member of St. Mary's Catholic Church after moving to |
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| Dolton; and
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| WHEREAS, Juanita Cook was employed by the City of Chicago |
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| for 39 years; she served under the late Richard J. Daley as a |
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| manager in the Department of Human Services and as a community |
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| liaison in the Englewood area beginning in 1967; she was a |
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| committed member of the Democratic Party and served as precinct |
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| captain in the 16th Ward, volunteered in the 34th Ward, and was |
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| a member of the 9th Ward Democratic Organization; she supported |
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| Mayor William Shaw of Dolton for 25 years and Commissioner |
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| Robert Shaw in all of their political endeavors, including |
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| serving as a manager for the Village of Dolton's political |
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| organization; and
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| WHEREAS, Preceding her in death was her son Wonnie Jr.; her |
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| brothers Paul (Anita), Alfonso (Ella) and Michael; her |
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| grand-daughter Melanie (Shawn); her sister-in-law Flossie; and |
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| other loved ones; and
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| WHEREAS, Juanita Newell Cook leaves her children to cherish |
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| her loving memory: Ralph (Martha), Walter (Felicia), Cynthia |
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| (Paris Norton), Deborah (William Shaw), and Maurice |
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| (Stephanie); her sister Litesha (Bernard); her brothers, |
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| Claude (Celestine), Mason Jr. (Rose) and Maurice (Sandra); her |
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| grandchildren, Keith, Quentin, LaShanda, Metoyer, Stephen, and |
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| Wonnie; her great-grandchildren, Ashley and Asante; and a host |
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| of nieces, nephews and other special friends; 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 mourn, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Juanita Newell Cook; and |