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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Allen 
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Hilaire Small, who passed away on December 26, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Allen Small was born on July 13, 1928 in Evanston; 
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his parents were Azalea and Allen Lawrence Small; he was the 
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older brother of Conrad and Roselle; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Allen Small was raised in the Washington Park area 
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of Chicago and on the far South Side, near the Chesterfield 
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community; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Allen Small attended St. Anselm School and Fenger 
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High School; he then furthered his education by earning 
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associate's degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology 
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and Wilson Junior College and his bachelor's degree from  DePaul 
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University; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Allen Small served as a military police officer in 
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the United States Army until he was honorably discharged; 
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during his career in the Army, he fought in the Korean War; 
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after returning to Chicago, he began working at the United 
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States Post Office; and
  
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Soon after his marriage, Allen Small landed a 
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coveted position with the City of Chicago's Building 
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Department, where he worked for 40 years until his retirement; 
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he, along with a handful of other African-American men, was 
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hired as a building inspector, although no one thought the men 
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would last a year; his final project as Supervisor of 
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Demolition was the demolition of the old Comiskey Park; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Allen Small was often thought of as a "walking 
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encyclopedia"; he read the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z; 
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    WHEREAS, Allen Small married Marian Morris in 1957; 
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together, the couple had 2 children, Perri Roselle and Allen 
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Conrad; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Allen Small is survived by his children, Perri and 
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Allen; his wife, Marian; his great-aunt, Annabelle Smith; his 
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sisters-in-law, Angela Wiley and Barbara Small; his niece, Eva 
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Hill; his godson, Jalen-Paul Malone; and his many other 
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relatives and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Allen 
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Hilaire Small; and be it further
  
 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Allen Hilaire Small as an expression 
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of our sympathy.