Full Text of SR0411 99th 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 Constance Lee Goode, Ph.D. of Rockford, | 4 | | who passed away on April 14, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Goode was born in Chicago on August 9, 1938 to | 6 | | Leroy and Emma (nee Barbee) Boyd; she grew up in the church at | 7 | | Prairie Avenue Baptist, playing piano for Sunday school and | 8 | | church services; she graduated from Englewood High School in | 9 | | 1956; she received her Bachelor of Arts from Illinois State | 10 | | University in 1959, her master's degree in counseling from | 11 | | Northern Illinois University in 1971, and her Doctorate in | 12 | | Continuing Adult Education from the University of | 13 | | Wisconsin-Madison in 1982; additionally, she studied music at | 14 | | the Chicago Conservatory of Music and loved all kinds of music; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Goode's vocational experiences included the | 17 | | St. Charles Detention Center For Boys, where she was an | 18 | | Occupational Therapist; the Singer Zone Center, where she was a | 19 | | social worker; the Office of Economic Opportunity, where she | 20 | | served as the Director of Outreach; the Rockford Board of | 21 | | Education, where she was a teacher, counselor, and | 22 | | administrator; the Booker Washington Center, where she served | 23 | | as the Executive Director; and Northern Illinois University, |
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| 1 | | where she was a professor in Curriculum and Instruction; | 2 | | although she served in many capacities, her first love was | 3 | | teaching and counseling; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Goode marched for civil rights alongside the | 5 | | late Dr. E. H. E. Gilbert in the 1960s and fought for those who | 6 | | were not always able to fight for themselves, particularly as | 7 | | it relates to issues affecting women and people of color; she | 8 | | was a member of Pilgrim Baptist Church and several | 9 | | organizations, including the NAACP, TAUS, and Alpha Kappa Alpha | 10 | | Sorority, Inc.; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Goode was recently honored with a Selah Award | 12 | | for her work as an African-American woman educator; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Goode was preceded in death by her parents; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Goode is survived by her husband, Alphonso; | 16 | | her son, Andre (Kimberley); her daughter, Alicia (Zeather | 17 | | Gladney); her grandchildren, Krystalyn, Garrison, Gabriella, | 18 | | and Kaylyn; and a host of dear friends, card buddies, and | 19 | | former students whose lives were touched by her passion for | 20 | | excellent; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Constance Lee Goode, Ph.D., and extend our sincere condolences | 3 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 4 | | it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Dr. Goode as an expression of our | 7 | | deepest sympathy.
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