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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of  Rhoda 
4Blanchard, who passed away on December 2, 2012; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Rhoda Blanchard was born on January 7, 1947; her 
6parents were Willie and Ethel Louden; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Rhoda Blanchard graduated from Hyde Park Academy 
8High School; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Rhoda Blanchard was employed with the United 
10States Postal Service for over 30 years; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Rhoda Blanchard was a member of the Liberty 
12Baptist Church New Rose of Sharon Morning Star Club, Feed the 
13People, the Missionary Department, and the D.Z. Jackson Chorus; 
14and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Rhoda Blanchard enjoyed bowling and cooking for 
16her family and friends; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Rhoda Blanchard was preceded in death by her 
18parents; her brother, William; and her grandson, Charles; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Rhoda Blanchard is survived by her husband, 
2Willard Blanchard; her son, Willard Blanchard Jr.; her 
3daughters, Sharron (Gregory) Anderson, Sonja (Robert) Denton, 
4Sharon (Rome) Darring, and LaDonna Harston; her grandchildren, 
5Xandra, Simone, Genesis, Jade, Destiny, and Robert; her 
6great-grandchild, Austin; her brothers, Clarence (Sandra) 
7Thomas and Dwight Phillips; her sisters-in-law, Janice Dumar, 
8Barbara Whitman, Mildred Hunter-Davis, and Gwendolyn Harris; 
9and her many other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
11NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
12we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of 
13Rhoda Blanchard; and be it further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to the family of Rhoda Blanchard as an expression of 
16our sympathy.