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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Dolores Rolling of Chicago, who recently
4 passed away; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on January 24, 1936 to Alex and Mary
6 Carlisle in Chicago; she attended Smyth Elementary School and
7 McKinley High School; she continued her education and graduated
8 from Cortez Peters Business College; she held several jobs as a
9 secretary and retired from the Chicago Board of Education,
10 after 25 years of service; and
 
11     WHEREAS, She was baptized at an early age and later
12 attended and became a dedicated member of Christ Tabernacle
13 Missionary Baptist Church, under the ministry and leadership of
14 the late, great Reverend Milton Brunson; and
 
15     WHEREAS, She married Maurice Watkins in 1953; to this
16 union, one child, Phyniece (Cookie), was born; later in life,
17 she was divorced, and in 1964, she met and fell in love with
18 George Rolling, Sr.; they were wed in 1973 and to their union
19 one child, Bridgett, was born; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Preceding her in death were her mother and father,
21 Alex and Mary Carlisle; her brothers, Winston, Alex Jr., Leon,

 

 

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1 and Gerald; her sisters, Myrtle and Christine; and one
2 great-grandson, Ryan; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Dolores Rolling is survived by her loving husband,
4 George; her daughters, Phyniece and Bridgett; her stepsons,
5 Greg, Henry (Hank), Curt, George Jr., and Rusty; her sisters,
6 Vicella Bonheart and Patricia Williams; her brothers, Delano
7 (Carlee) and Vincent; her grandchildren, Kimberly, Tammy
8 (LaShaun), and Winston; her great-grandchildren, Aaron,
9 Jeffery, Jashaun, Joseph, and Lashauni; and a host of nephews,
10 cousins, and extended family and friends; therefore, be it
 
11     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
12 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
13 her family and friends, the passing of Dolores Rolling; and be
14 it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to the family of Dolores Rolling as a symbol of our
17 sincere sympathy.