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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Kathryn Williams Timmes of Peoria, who 
4passed away on October 8, 2019; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was born in Ashland, Kentucky to 
6Almira and Willie Williams on January 10, 1931; she attended 
7high school at the Swift Memorial Institute, a private boarding 
8school in Rogersville, Tennessee; her undergraduate education 
9was at Bennett College, an all-girls, historically-black 
10college in Greensboro, North Carolina; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes began her career teaching fourth 
12grade in New York City; after a few years, she moved to Peoria 
13and worked at the Carver Center; after a year, she taught at 
14the Spalding Institute and the Academy of Our Lady; she then 
15began her 50-year career with District 150 and taught at  
16Douglas Elementary School and counseled students at Manual and 
17Woodruff High Schools; generations of young people came to know 
18"Miss Timmes" as teacher, mentor, advisor, and adopted mom; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was the first president of the 
20Heritage Ensemble and a charter member of Delta Sigma Theta 
21Sorority, Peoria Alumnae Chapter; she had many 
22accomplishments, but her greatest pride and joy was her role as 
 
 
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1a wife, mother, and daughter; and
  
 
  
2    WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes was preceded in death by her 
3husband of 59 years, John Timmes, and her daughter, Janique 
4"Jan"; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Kathryn Timmes is survived by her daughter, 
6Johnna; her closest sister-girlfriend, Jeanne St. Julian; and 
7numerous extended family members, church members, neighbors, 
8friends, former students, and colleagues; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
11Kathryn Williams Timmes and extend our sincere condolences to 
12her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
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14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to  the family of  Kathryn Timmes as an expression of 
16our deepest sympathy.