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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of H. Yvonne McKinney, who passed away on
4August 22, 2023; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was born to Emanuel Hicks Sr. and
6Addie Lee (Thomas) Hicks in Waukegan on February 11, 1944; she
7was raised in Waukegan; she attended McAllister Grade School
8and graduated from Waukegan Township High School; she married
9Lee Edward Mason Sr. in 1962, and they had two children, Lee E.
10Mason Jr. and Lisa E. Mason; she later married John McKinney in
111978, and they raised their four children, Lee Jr., Lisa,
12Vicki, and Venus, together; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney started working at Abbott shortly
14after completing high school and retired after 38 years of
15service; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was a member of First Corinthian
17Missionary Baptist Church in North Chicago, where she
18faithfully volunteered; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was preceded in death by her
20paternal grandparents, Alford and Mamie Hicks; her maternal
21grandparents, Robert and Rosie Thomas; her parents; her

 

 

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1grandson, Shawn Sotomayor; her brothers, Emanuel Hicks Jr. and
2Tyrone Springs; and her sister, Brenda Mayfield; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney is survived by her husband, John
4McKinney; her children, Lee E. Mason Jr., Lisa E. (Dillard)
5Dabney, Vicki McKinney, and Venus (Carleton Sr.) Childs; her
6grandchildren, Andre Brewton, Taylore Dabney, Darielle Hay,
7Carleton Childs Jr., Naomi Childs, and Rebecca Childs; her
8great-grandsons, Stone Brewton, Isaiah Childs, and Ezra
9Childs; her siblings, Shirley Robinson, Gloria Jennings,
10Vanessa (Fred) Washington, Surthal, Gregory, and Darrell
11Hicks, Carolyn Gilliam, Patricia, Deborah, Phyllis, and Irene
12Williams, Vonda (Robert) Hall, Caronn (Dale) Godbolt, and
13Joyce Parker; her dear friend, Jacqueline Wilkins; and a
14multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore,
15be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
18H. Yvonne McKinney and extend our sincere condolences to her
19family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
20further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to the family of Yvonne McKinney as an expression of
23our deepest sympathy.