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90_HR0615
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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 Lillian
4 Bates of Chicago, Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Lillian Bates was born in Brownsville, Tennessee
6 on May 20, 1915; her parents were Samuel Daniels and Vanilla
7 Hubbard; after graduating from the St. Louis Public School
8 System in 1932, Miss Bates relocated to Chicago where she
9 enrolled in the Provident School of Nursing under the
10 tutelage of Anna Malone, graduating in 1935 as a registered
11 nurse; and
12 WHEREAS, Lillian Bates was a devout Catholic and member
13 of St. Elizabeth Church; she was a faithful employee of both
14 federal and State governments for over forty-six years; and
15 WHEREAS, Lillian Bates served as President of AFSCME
16 Local 1610 and as a member of AFSCME Council 31; she was a
17 founding member of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists;
18 and she was a confidante and adviser to the late Mayor of
19 Chicago, Harold Washington; and
20 WHEREAS, Lillian Bates is survived by her two sons and
21 daughter-in-law, Lamar and Callie Bates, and Walter Bates;
22 her daughter, Janet Rowland; her sisters, Laura Brown and
23 Josephine Fullilove; her brother Harold Daniels; many
24 cherished grandchildren great-grandchildren,
25 great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and many
26 friends; therefore, be it
27 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
28 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
29 mourn, along with her family and friends, the death of
30 Lillian Bates; may her family and friends find comfort in
31 this time of loss; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of Lillian Bates.