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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Cheryl
4 Marie "Chip" Box of Rockford, who passed away on July 3, 2007;
5 and
 
6     WHEREAS, Cheryl Box was born August 30, 1951, in Rockford,
7 to Nathaniel (Jake) and Marbline Box; she was a member of the
8 Mount Zion A.M.E. Church in Battle Creek, Michigan, where she
9 was a member of the women's Bible study; she was previously a
10 member of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, where she participated in
11 Sunday school, the Young People's Department (YPD), Nora
12 Taylor's Women's Missionary Society, director of the YPD, and
13 the Usher Board; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Cheryl Box graduated from West High School and
15 received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Northern
16 Illinois University and her doctorate from the University of
17 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; she worked as an elementary
18 school teacher, alternative education director, and elementary
19 school principal for the Rockford School District, high school
20 counselor for the Elgin School District, and chief improvement
21 officer for the Battle Creek Public Schools; she also worked at
22 Northern Illinois University in the CHANCE Program; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Cheryl Box was working as a principal-coach in the
2 Detroit Public Schools at the time of her passing; and she
3 provided private counseling services for the Illinois
4 Department of Children and Family Services; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Cheryl Box bowled with the National Traveler's
6 Bowling League and served on numerous boards and committees,
7 including the Booker T. Washington Center Board of Directors,
8 the Winnebago County Board, and Delta Kappa Gamma Society
9 International; she was an active member of Delta Sigma Theta
10 Sorority; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Cheryl Box leaves a loving family, including her
12 mother, Marbline Box; her sisters, Joyce Brown and Gwendolyn
13 Box; her niece, Shawna (Terrence) Young; her nephews, Kelley
14 Hudson, Marcus Hudson, Derrick (Jamica) Brown, James Box, and
15 Jermaine Box; her great-nephew, Caleb Young; her godsons, Mario
16 Marshall and Maynard McGee; as well as a host of other
17 relatives and friends; she also leaves special friends, John
18 Richards, Sondra Archibald, and Carstella Miller; she was
19 preceded in death by her father; her sister, Betty Louise
20 Hudson; and maternal and paternal grandparents; therefore, be
21 it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

 

 

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1 mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Cheryl
2 Marie "Chip" Box; and be it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to the family of Cheryl Marie "Chip" Box as a symbol
5 of our sympathy.