Full Text of SR0317 102nd General Assembly
SR0317 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | SR0317 | | LRB102 18627 ECR 26979 r |
|
| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Yvonne Brown; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne Brown was born to Walter and Bertha | 5 | | Robinson on October 18, 1934; she attended A.O Sexton Grammar | 6 | | School, Hyde Park High School, and the University of Chicago | 7 | | Lab School; she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business | 8 | | Administration from the University of Chicago; she met and | 9 | | married Thomas R. Pearson, and they had four sons; she later | 10 | | met and married Isaiah Brown, and they had one son; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne Brown was a devoted employee of the United | 12 | | States Civil Service Department; she also worked over 30 years | 13 | | as a fiscal manager with the Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic | 14 | | Charities and retired in 2004; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1967, Yvonne Brown joined the Mary McLeod | 16 | | Bethune Temple, where she was appointed to serve on the | 17 | | Trustee Board; she served as a Doorkeeper, Gatekeeper, | 18 | | Assistant Daughter Ruler, and Vice Daughter, and was the third | 19 | | Daughter to serve as Daughter Ruler; she received Past State | 20 | | President Honors in Rockford through the fashion department; | 21 | | in 1972 in St. Louis, she received Past Grand Daughter Ruler | 22 | | honors through the Grand Daughter Ruler's Volunteer |
| | | SR0317 | - 2 - | LRB102 18627 ECR 26979 r |
|
| 1 | | Department; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On the Illinois and Wisconsin state level, Yvonne | 3 | | Brown served as the Membership Chairperson, Initiation | 4 | | Chairperson, Trustee, and Administrative Assistant to then | 5 | | Daughter State President Alfrenia Y. Hampton; on the national | 6 | | level, she served as one of the first Grand Temple Marshals, | 7 | | District Deputy for 15 years, and Grand Temple Trustee for 3 | 8 | | years; currently, she was serving as Secretary for the Grand | 9 | | Temple's Grievance and Appeals Committee; she was also serving | 10 | | as President of the National Daughter State Presidents | 11 | | Council, which is a role in which she served since 1992; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne Brown actively participated as a member of | 13 | | the Grand Exalted Ruler's Advisory Board, the Grand Lodge | 14 | | Civil Liberties Department, and the National Association of | 15 | | Professional Women; she mentored in the Turn Around Program; | 16 | | she was past matron of Queen Esther Chapter No. 5, the Order of | 17 | | the Eastern Star and was a past member of the Most Ancient | 18 | | Grand Matron Heroines of Jericho; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne Brown was a recipient of the C.L. 6 | 20 | | Blanche Smith Image Award; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne Brown was a devoted member of the #2 Mount | 22 | | Pleasant M.B Church in Chicago; and
|
| | | SR0317 | - 3 - | LRB102 18627 ECR 26979 r |
|
| 1 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne Brown was preceded in death by her | 2 | | parents, Walter and Bertha Robinson; her first husband, Thomas | 3 | | R. Pearson; her second husband, Isaiah Brown; her brother, | 4 | | Thomas White; her sister, Yvette Garlington; and her oldest | 5 | | son, Thomas Pearson Jr.; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Yvonne Brown is survived by her four sons, Theron | 7 | | Pearson, Tyrone (Kathleen) Pearson, Thurston (Bobbie) Pearson, | 8 | | and Isaiah Brown Jr.; her twenty grandchildren; her 55 | 9 | | great-grandchildren; her seven nieces; her three nephews; and | 10 | | a host of family and friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Yvonne Brown and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 14 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Yvonne Brown as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
|
|