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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 Mother
4 Della Louis of North Lawndale, who passed away on June 17,
5 2008; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mother Della Louis was born on May 28, 1915; she
7 lived in the same home in the North Lawndale community for 63
8 years; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mother Della Louis was employed at Leadership
10 Cleaners and Sunshine Cleaners; she subsequently retired from
11 the Albany Nursing Home in Chicago; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Mother Della Louis served as an anchor and an
13 activist in the North Lawndale community; she was a dedicated
14 member of the Greater Progressive Baptist Church who served
15 faithfully and with great joy under three pastors, the late
16 Pastor Van B. Watts, the late Pastor H. Y. Linzy, and the
17 current Pastor, Reverend Dr. Eric B. Brown, Sr.; she sang in
18 the Sr. Choir, served as President of the Mother's Board, and
19 was a member of the Pastor's Aid Society; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Mother Della Louis was a doer of the Word of God
21 whose relationship and love was both vertical and horizontal;

 

 

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2     WHEREAS, Mother Della Louis loved and supported her State
3 Representative, the Honorable Arthur L. Turner; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Her desire to help people with any of their
5 concerns knew no bounds to Mother Della Louis, no matter what
6 the cost to herself; therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
9 mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Mother
10 Della Louis; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to the family of Mother Della Louis as an expression
13 of our sympathy.