Full Text of HR0156 102nd 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 Marcia | 4 | | Robinson Blair of Chicago, who passed away on March 10, 2021; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair was born in Chicago to Roosevelt and | 7 | | Frances Robinson on October 7, 1947; she grew up on the south | 8 | | side of Chicago, where she attended Doolittle Elementary | 9 | | School and later graduated from Harlan High School; she | 10 | | attended Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas, where | 11 | | she was initiated into the Beta Kappa chapter of Alpha Kappa | 12 | | Alpha Sorority, Incorporated in 1968; she married Frank L. | 13 | | Blair Jr. on October 5, 1968; she earned her Bachelor of Arts | 14 | | in Education in 1969; alongside her husband, she settled in | 15 | | Chicago after graduation; they had one child, Marla, in 1971; | 16 | | she later earned a master's degree from Governors State | 17 | | University; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, A talented educator, Marcia Blair served in the | 19 | | Chicago Public School system for over 35 years; she worked at | 20 | | several schools, including Dunne Elementary School and Robert | 21 | | Healy Elementary School; she retired from Robert A. Black | 22 | | Magnet Elementary School in 2005; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair was a lifetime member of Alpha Kappa | 2 | | Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; she was a longtime member of the | 3 | | Theta Omega chapter in Chicago; she celebrated 50 years as a | 4 | | Golden Soror in 2018; she was committed to the sorority's | 5 | | sisterhood and scholarship; she was proud to have a continued | 6 | | family legacy of sisterhood and service with her daughter, | 7 | | sisters, and several nieces also initiated into the sorority; | 8 | | she worked together with her daughter in the sorority, and | 9 | | they enjoyed spending this time together; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair was committed to her faith and was | 11 | | baptized as a child at Gammon United Methodist Church; she was | 12 | | a member of the South Shore United Methodist Church, where she | 13 | | served as a member of the United Methodist Women, the Pastor | 14 | | Parish Relations Committee, the October Birthday Club, and the | 15 | | Women's Day Chorus; she also enjoyed organizing social outings | 16 | | with church members, which included many plays, musicals, and | 17 | | good conversations; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair was affectionately known as "Dottie" | 19 | | to family and friends and "Nana" to her grandchildren; she | 20 | | found great joy in traveling with her extended family in her | 21 | | retirement; she took annual vacations with Marla and Zion, and | 22 | | they most recently visited Havana, Cuba; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair was preceded in death by her |
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| 1 | | husband, Frank; her parents; and her siblings, Margell, | 2 | | Lamont, Deborah, and Lawrence; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Marcia Blair is survived by her daughter, Marla | 4 | | Blair-Hohenkirk (David); her grandsons, Zion and Xavier; her | 5 | | sisters, Mary Hughes and Delores Jackson (Robert); her | 6 | | sisters-in-law, Mary Robinson and Cynthia Ann Blair Ricks; | 7 | | generations of nieces and nephews; a host of cousins; and many | 8 | | lifelong and recent friends; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we mourn the passing of Marcia Robinson Blair and extend our | 12 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 13 | | and loved her; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Marcia Blair as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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