SR0821 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Fredericka J. Nash of East St. Louis, who passed away on April 26, 2010; and

WHEREAS, She was born the middle child of three girls on December 18, 1919, in East St. Louis to C.T. and Emma Edwards Nash; as a native of East St. Louis, she attended St. Augustine Grade School and graduated from Lincoln School; and

WHEREAS, Fredericka lived a life of academic achievements through her acumen in higher education; she was a member of the Radiance Center for Spiritual Living in Belleville; Fredericka was the owner of Nash Funeral Home, the area's oldest black owned funeral business; she, along with her sisters M. Frances and Claudia M., from birth, began their lives in funeral service under the guidance of their father, C.T. Nash; and

WHEREAS, Fredericka was a member of the following organizations: the Illinois Retired Teachers Association, the St. Clair County Retired Teachers Association, the St. Clair County Funeral Directors Association, the Missouri Funeral Directors Association, the Missouri State Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association, the St. Louis Gateway Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association, the 100 Black Women of Funeral Service, the American Society of Embalmers, the National Funeral Directors Association, the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, the International Graphoanalysis Society, the Alumni Society of SIU-E and SIU-C, the Funeral Service Advisory Board, and she was a lifetime member of the NAACP; she was also a past member of the East St. Louis Civil Service Police and Fire Board, the St. Clair County EEOC, and a Board member of School District 189; and

WHEREAS, Lovingly called "Fricks", she enjoyed traveling to exotic areas; she was an Enrichment Program Lecturer for cruise lines; she had also done research on variation handwriting which was presented to the International Forensic Society in Oxford, England in 1984; she had been lecturing around the world until her health began to fail; and she was a certified lecturer for the State of Illinois for Continuing Education Units (CEUs); and

WHEREAS, In 1994, she was granted certification as an authorized OSHA outreach trainer; and she was an insurance producer and also the publisher of two books; and

WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, M. Frances Nash Terrell and Claudia M. Nash; and

WHEREAS, Fredericka Nash is survived by her niece, Claudia E. Nash-Thomas; her numerous cousins; her two-god children, Lt. Caroliss A. Childress and Fredericka Agnew; her extended family, Harold (Fannie) Wayne, Marion Wayne, James Edward (Carmen) Wayne, Marvin Wayne, Reginald (Marita) Wayne, Michelle (Elwood) Buchannan, Michael (Carmel) Smith; and many loving and dear friends; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Fredericka Nash; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Fredericka Nash as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.