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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Mrs. Marietta L. Pillow, who passed away
4 on December 8, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was a graduate of Marshall High School,
6 National Louis University, and the Chicago Citywide College of
7 Mortuary Pathology; and
 
8     WHEREAS, She was previously employed at Resurrection
9 Healthcare in Melrose Park; she served as a Teen Reach
10 Coordinator for the Boy's and Girl's Club of West Cook County
11 for over nine years; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The children of the Boy's and Girl's Club called
13 her "Mama Pillow" because she served as their mother while they
14 were away from their homes; her motto was one of having the
15 children leaving the Club happy because they had enjoyed
16 themselves, or crying because they did not want to go home; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Mrs. Pillow was preceded in death by her husband,
18 Eugene; her parents, Louis Jr. and Marjorie Kerr; and her
19 brothers, David Ball, Harvey Kerr, and Floyd Kerr; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Mrs. Pillow is survived by her son, Eugene A.

 

 

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1 Pillow; her siblings, Richard Ball, Leo Kerr, Joseph Kerr,
2 Carolyn Kerr, James Kerr, Kathryn Kerr, Charles Kerr, and
3 Stephen Kerr; and her grandchildren, Angelo Pillow and Eugene
4 Pillow, Jr.; therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 her family and friends, the passing of Marietta Pillow; and be
8 it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Marietta Pillow as a symbol of our
11 sincere sympathy.