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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Earline | ||||||
4 | (nee Colbert) Rivers, who passed away on June 29, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers was born in Chicago on November 7, | ||||||
6 | 1940 to John Harry and Gladys Colbert; she graduated from | ||||||
7 | Englewood High School, and attended Northern Illinois | ||||||
8 | University; she married Alvin Donald Rivers in 1965; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers worked as a pharmaceutical sales | ||||||
10 | representative and later as a real estate agent; she also | ||||||
11 | served as an office manager at her daughter's law firm for 8 | ||||||
12 | years; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers was a member of Trinity United | ||||||
14 | Church of Christ, where she served on the Food Share Ministry; | ||||||
15 | she was an auxiliary board member of the Black Ensemble | ||||||
16 | Theater, where she helped raised funds, coordinate events, and | ||||||
17 | acted as a hostess; she attended several weekly "Silver | ||||||
18 | Sneakers" classes at the YMCA, and worked tirelessly on her | ||||||
19 | daughters's successful campaign for Cook County Circuit Court | ||||||
20 | Judge; and | ||||||
21 | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers had a passion for dance and enjoyed |
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1 | watching "Dancing with the Stars"; she also enjoyed | ||||||
2 | storytelling, gardening, cooking, skiing, camping, bowling, | ||||||
3 | tennis, and many other outdoor activities; she was an active | ||||||
4 | member of the Sno-Gophers Ski Club, serving in several | ||||||
5 | capacities, including President; in 1999, she walked a marathon | ||||||
6 | in Anchorage, Alaska to raise money for Leukemia research; she | ||||||
7 | loved to travel and visited Italy, France, Egypt, Monaco, | ||||||
8 | Switzerland, and Canada; she traveled extensively throughout | ||||||
9 | the United States; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers was preceded in death by her | ||||||
11 | parents, and by her siblings, James Otha McLaughlin, George | ||||||
12 | McLaughlin, and Gladys Eugenia Ward; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Earline Rivers is survived by her children, Byron | ||||||
14 | (Alena) Rivers and the Honorable Kristal (Harry) Rivers; her | ||||||
15 | grandchildren, Olivia Noelle and Evelyn Rose Rivers; and a host | ||||||
16 | of family and loved ones, including her dearest friend, Sylvia | ||||||
17 | Morris, and her dog, Chewbacca; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
19 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
20 | we mourn the passing of Earline Rivers, and extend our sincere | ||||||
21 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
22 | her; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the family of Earline Rivers as an expression of | ||||||
3 | our deepest sympathy.
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