Full Text of SR0458 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of H. Yvonne McKinney, who passed away on | 4 | | August 22, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was born to Emanuel Hicks Sr. and | 6 | | Addie Lee (Thomas) Hicks in Waukegan on February 11, 1944; she | 7 | | was raised in Waukegan; she attended McAllister Grade School | 8 | | and graduated from Waukegan Township High School; she married | 9 | | Lee Edward Mason Sr. in 1962, and they had two children, Lee E. | 10 | | Mason Jr. and Lisa E. Mason; she later married John McKinney in | 11 | | 1978, and they raised their four children, Lee Jr., Lisa, | 12 | | Vicki, and Venus, together; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney started working at Abbott shortly | 14 | | after completing high school and retired after 38 years of | 15 | | service; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was a member of First Corinthian | 17 | | Missionary Baptist Church in North Chicago, where she | 18 | | faithfully volunteered; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was preceded in death by her | 20 | | paternal grandparents, Alford and Mamie Hicks; her maternal | 21 | | grandparents, Robert and Rosie Thomas; her parents; her |
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| 1 | | grandson, Shawn Sotomayor; her brothers, Emanuel Hicks Jr. and | 2 | | Tyrone Springs; and her sister, Brenda Mayfield; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney is survived by her husband, John | 4 | | McKinney; her children, Lee E. Mason Jr., Lisa E. (Dillard) | 5 | | Dabney, Vicki McKinney, and Venus (Carleton Sr.) Childs; her | 6 | | grandchildren, Andre Brewton, Taylore Dabney, Darielle Hay, | 7 | | Carleton Childs Jr., Naomi Childs, and Rebecca Childs; her | 8 | | great-grandsons, Stone Brewton, Isaiah Childs, and Ezra | 9 | | Childs; her siblings, Shirley Robinson, Gloria Jennings, | 10 | | Vanessa (Fred) Washington, Surthal, Gregory, and Darrell | 11 | | Hicks, Carolyn Gilliam, Patricia, Deborah, Phyllis, and Irene | 12 | | Williams, Vonda (Robert) Hall, Caronn (Dale) Godbolt, and | 13 | | Joyce Parker; her dear friend, Jacqueline Wilkins; and a | 14 | | multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, | 15 | | be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | H. Yvonne McKinney and extend our sincere condolences to her | 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Yvonne McKinney as an expression of | 23 | | our deepest sympathy.
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