Full Text of HR0811 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Wynell Verrett-Butler on | 4 | | the occasion of her 80th birthday; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler was born in Homer, | 6 | | Louisiana on October 1, 1935, the youngest of 9 siblings; she | 7 | | graduated from Homer Colored High School; she holds several | 8 | | certificates of completion, including business administration, | 9 | | labor relations, technical communications, how to deal with | 10 | | difficult people, and many others; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler worked for Spiegel, Inc. | 12 | | for 39 years; she worked her way up from a clerk to systems | 13 | | engineer and developed the specifications for Vision 21 credit | 14 | | systems; she was the only credit employee rehired as a | 15 | | consultant after retirement; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler is an active member of | 17 | | Ascension St. Susanna Catholic Church, where she serves in a | 18 | | leadership capacity on many parish committees, including Chair | 19 | | of the Parish Finance Advisory Council; she is active with many | 20 | | organizations, including Gamaliel of Metro Chicago, Gamaliel | 21 | | of Illinois, and the South Suburban Action Conference, where | 22 | | she is currently serving as first Vice-President; she also |
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| 1 | | served for several years on the Executive Committee of the | 2 | | Metropolitan Alliance of Congregation; she has been involved | 3 | | with lobbying for tax equity, systemic education studies and | 4 | | funding, the development of the first new homes to be built in | 5 | | Harvey in more than 40 years, and the redevelopment of the | 6 | | Ginger Ridge Mutual Housing Association and the McKinney Center | 7 | | in Calumet City; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler is active with the national | 9 | | association of the Knights and Ladies of St. Peter Claver, | 10 | | where she serves as Junior Daughter Counselor and she recently | 11 | | received an award as the Northern District Counselor of the | 12 | | Year; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler has a personal relationship | 14 | | with many of our elected officials, including President Obama; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler is the widow of Thomas Pitts | 17 | | Butler, whom she spent 47 wonderful years of marriage with; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Wynell Verrett-Butler has 2 daughters, Mauretia | 19 | | Verrett Carter (Jarvis) and Ericka Michelle Butler, 11 | 20 | | grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and over 300 school and | 21 | | community children who affectionately refer to her as "granny" | 22 | | or "grandma"; she has over 150 nieces and nephews and |
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| 1 | | great-nieces and nephews and too many great-great-nieces and | 2 | | nephews to count; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 | | congratulate Wynell Verrett-Butler on her 80th birthday and we | 6 | | wish her many more wonderful years; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Wynell Verrett-Butler as an expression of our | 9 | | esteem and respect.
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