Full Text of SR1379 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Eliza House of Lockport, who passed away | 4 | | on June 28, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Eliza House was born to Cicero and Bertha Bullock | 6 | | in Edgecomb County, North Carolina on December 30, 1923; she | 7 | | was a talented student and participated in school district | 8 | | competitions for public speaking, sports, and dance while in | 9 | | high school; in her last year of high school, she moved to | 10 | | Portsmith, Virginia to work for the wartime National Youth | 11 | | Administration in the Navy yard; while there, she also attended | 12 | | classes in the evening and met her future husband, Deacon | 13 | | Thomas R. House; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, After moving to Lockport, Eliza House began | 15 | | working various jobs; at one point, she obtained her beauty | 16 | | license and began doing hair in her kitchen on the weekends; | 17 | | she also worked for S.W. Sickles and then in the maintenance | 18 | | department at Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Joliet; she become the | 19 | | first female security guard at Caterpillar and retired from | 20 | | Caterpillar after 27 years of service; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, In the 1960s, Eliza House became a founding member | 22 | | of The Order of the Eastern Star, Ruth Chapter #9; in the late |
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| 1 | | 1960s, she played on the Caterpillar women's baseball and | 2 | | basketball teams; she was a proud and active member of Shiloh | 3 | | MB Church, where she served in the Senior Choir and Greater | 4 | | United Choir, managed the children's choir for many years, was | 5 | | a Sunday school teacher for over 30 years, and was a member of | 6 | | the Home Mission Ministry; after retirement, she served as a | 7 | | foster grandparent at Fairmont Elementary School and did other | 8 | | volunteer work at the school into her 80s; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Eliza House lived her life with a great | 10 | | commmitment to excellence; she loved to travel and felt | 11 | | particularly blessed to visit Israel in the 1980s; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Eliza House was preceded in death by her husband, | 13 | | Deacon Thomas R. House; her parents, Cicero and Bertha; her | 14 | | son, Tommy House; and nine siblings; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Eliza House is survived by her siblings, Elizabeth | 16 | | Washington, Clarence Bullock, and David Bullock; her children, | 17 | | Rhonda Bailey, Richard (Robbie) House, Lorna House, and Bryan | 18 | | (Leah) House Sr.; her grandchildren, Carlos Hayes, Tamekeyo | 19 | | (Sinatra) Griffin, Tanya House, Kaleah Bailey, Brenton Bailey, | 20 | | Rishawn House, Ryan House, Brittney House, Bryan House Jr., | 21 | | Jory House, Rakelle House, Brooklyn House, Liam Gulmi, and | 22 | | Marcus House; and her host of great-grandchildren, nieces, and | 23 | | nephews; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 3 | | Eliza House and extend our sincere
condolences to her family, | 4 | | friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 6 | | presented to the family of Eliza House as an expression of
our | 7 | | deepest sympathy.
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