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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Wynell Verrett-Butler on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of her 80th birthday; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler was born in Homer, | ||||||
| 6 | Louisiana on October 1, 1935, the youngest of 9 siblings; she | ||||||
| 7 | graduated from Homer Colored High School; she holds several | ||||||
| 8 | certificates of completion, including business administration, | ||||||
| 9 | labor relations, technical communications, how to deal with | ||||||
| 10 | difficult people, and many others; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler worked for Spiegel, Inc. | ||||||
| 12 | for 39 years; she worked her way up from a clerk to systems | ||||||
| 13 | engineer and developed the specifications for Vision 21 credit | ||||||
| 14 | systems; she was the only credit employee rehired as a | ||||||
| 15 | consultant after retirement; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler is an active member of | ||||||
| 17 | Ascension St. Susanna Catholic Church, where she serves in a | ||||||
| 18 | leadership capacity on many parish committees, including Chair | ||||||
| 19 | of the Parish Finance Advisory Council; she is active with many | ||||||
| 20 | organizations, including Gamaliel of Metro Chicago, Gamaliel | ||||||
| 21 | of Illinois, and the South Suburban Action Conference, where | ||||||
| 22 | she is currently serving as first Vice-President; she also | ||||||
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| 1 | served for several years on the Executive Committee of the | ||||||
| 2 | Metropolitan Alliance of Congregation; she has been involved | ||||||
| 3 | with lobbying for tax equity, systemic education studies and | ||||||
| 4 | funding, the development of the first new homes to be built in | ||||||
| 5 | Harvey in more than 40 years, and the redevelopment of the | ||||||
| 6 | Ginger Ridge Mutual Housing Association and the McKinney Center | ||||||
| 7 | in Calumet City; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler is active with the national | ||||||
| 9 | association of the Knights and Ladies of St. Peter Claver, | ||||||
| 10 | where she serves as Junior Daughter Counselor and she recently | ||||||
| 11 | received an award as the Northern District Counselor of the | ||||||
| 12 | Year; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler has a personal relationship | ||||||
| 14 | with many of our elected officials, including President Obama; | ||||||
| 15 | and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler is the widow of Thomas Pitts | ||||||
| 17 | Butler, whom she spent 47 wonderful years of marriage with; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler has 2 daughters, Mauretia | ||||||
| 19 | Verrett Carter (Jarvis) and Ericka Michelle Butler, 11 | ||||||
| 20 | grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and over 300 school and | ||||||
| 21 | community children who affectionately refer to her as "granny" | ||||||
| 22 | or "grandma"; she has over 150 nieces and nephews and | ||||||
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| 1 | great-nieces and nephews and too many great-great-nieces and | ||||||
| 2 | nephews to count; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 4 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 5 | congratulate Wynell Verrett-Butler on her 80th birthday and we | ||||||
| 6 | wish her many more wonderful years; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to Wynell Verrett-Butler as an expression of our | ||||||
| 9 | esteem and respect.
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