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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Sherlynn
4Dudley Reid, who passed away on March 10, 2021; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Sherlynn Dudley Reid was born in Pittsburgh,
6Pennsylvania to Franklin and Mary (Goode) Dudley on November
74, 1933; she graduated from Shenley High School and, as a
8teenager, had a radio show and was known as "Little Dee"; she
9also worked in her uncle's pharmacy; she studied arts and
10drama at Fisk University; she married Henry Reid, and they
11lived in Cleveland, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan before settling
12in Oak Park; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Sherlynn Dudley Reid was very invested in serving
14her community; she was involved with the PTO at Beye
15Elementary School and the League of Woman Voters, later
16becoming the first African American president of the
17organization; she became involved with the Human Relations
18Commission in the early 1970s and later became the Director of
19Community Relations for the Village of Oak Park, a position
20she held for more than 25 years, retiring in 1999; she was
21inducted into the Village of Oak Park Hall of Fame; and
 
22    WHEREAS, Sherlynn Dudley Reid was a long-time member of

 

 

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1the First United Church of Oak Park and a long-time member and
2past president of the 19th Century Charitable Association; she
3was a charter member of the West Towns Chapter of The LINKS,
4Inc. and remained an active member of the Fisk Alumni
5Association; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Sherlynn Dudley Reid was the recipient of
7numerous awards for her service; after the death of her
8husband, she worked with CAST to establish the Henry E. Reid
9Memorial Scholarship Fund and worked diligently to raise funds
10to help provide scholarships to hundreds of students, which
11enabled them to participate in CAST; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Sherlynn Dudley Reid was preceded in death by her
13parents and her siblings, Yvonne Pennington and Sherwood and
14Franklin Dudley; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Sherlynn Dudley Reid is survived by her daughters
16Mary, Dorothy, and Lorie (Cederick) Fuller; her grandsons,
17Henry Ryan Reid and Connor and Isaiah Fuller; and many nieces
18and nephews, cousins, and dear friends; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
20HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21we mourn the passing of Sherlynn Dudley Reid and extend our
22sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew

 

 

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1and loved her; and be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3presented to the family of Sherlynn Dudley Reid as an
4expression of our deepest sympathy.