Full Text of HR1371 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Eloise | 4 | | Harvey, who passed away on June 14, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Eloise Harvey was born on March 12, 1929; her | 6 | | parents were Minister Henry and Martha Jane Seals, Sr.; she | 7 | | married Louis Harvey, Sr. on December 2, 1952 in Tunica, | 8 | | Mississippi; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Eloise Harvey was baptized at an early age by Rev. | 10 | | McDonald in Mississippi; she was taught to sew by her mother, a | 11 | | skill which she would pass on to her daughters Helen and | 12 | | Patricia; she also worked as a beautician and assisted her | 13 | | father and uncles in running the family's grocery store and | 14 | | hotel; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Eloise Harvey and her husband relocated to Chicago | 16 | | in 1955; after attending Metropolitan Missionary Baptist | 17 | | Church, they moved west and she became a member of United Faith | 18 | | Missionary Baptist Church; in May of 1993, she became a member | 19 | | of the Maypole Avenue Church of Christ; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Eloise Harvey earned various educational | 21 | | certifications and community activist awards; she is also an |
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| 1 | | alumnus of DePaul University and obtained special | 2 | | certifications in the Chicago Public School System; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Eloise Harvey retired from the Board of Education | 4 | | as a Social Service Aide in 1993 after many years of service; | 5 | | at her urging, Maypole Avenue was a host to Beat 1113 meetings, | 6 | | which she facilitated for many years; she served as President | 7 | | of the Parent Teacher Association at Marconi School and Vice | 8 | | President of the Parent Teacher Association at Austin High | 9 | | School; in the 1970s, she and others were responsible for the | 10 | | renaming of the Austin High School Auditorium to become the Dr. | 11 | | Martin Luther King Auditorium and she worked with the late Dr. | 12 | | Chetwyn Rodgers to prevent the closing of Austin High School | 13 | | and other grammar schools; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Through the efforts of Eloise Harvey, the Maypole | 15 | | Avenue Church of Christ became a polling place for her | 16 | | community; she has been a dedicated supporter of the Democratic | 17 | | Party all of her adult life and very active in the Chicagoland | 18 | | area; she canvassed voters and led get-out-the-vote campaigns | 19 | | on behalf of both the late Mayor Harold Washington and Rev. | 20 | | Jesse Jackson during his campaign for President; when she | 21 | | became unable to get out and make contact with the people, she | 22 | | would call them on the phone to tell them "Get Up and Get Out | 23 | | and Vote"; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Eloise Harvey was preceded in death by her | 2 | | parents; her siblings, J.D., Katherine, Nora, Ector, Eldridge, | 3 | | and Henry; her husbands, Mr. Ellis and Lee Miles, Sr.; her | 4 | | daughter, Louella; and her sons, Charles, Charlie, and | 5 | | Nathaniel; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Eloise Harvey is survived by her sons, Lee Miles | 7 | | Jr., Marcus M. Miles Sr., Kenny Ray Harvey, and Louis (Mozella) | 8 | | Harvey Jr.; her daughters, Diane A. Harvey, Katherine | 9 | | Harvey-Stevenson (John), Patricia Harvey, and Alderman Helen | 10 | | Harris; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and | 11 | | great-great-grandchildren; her brother, Eugene Seals; her | 12 | | sisters, Edna M. Nuell, Bessie M. Miles, and Stella B. Mayes; | 13 | | her brother-in-law, O.B. Harvey; her sisters-in-law, Wilada | 14 | | Harvey, Annie Bell Reese, and Mazora Seals; her special | 15 | | cousins, Minister James Wallace and Bertha Gage; and many | 16 | | nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 20 | | Eloise Harvey; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Eloise Harvey as an expression of | 23 | | our sympathy.
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