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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN MEMORY OF PAULINE STOKES
WHEREAS, Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, has called Ms. Pauline Stokes from our midst; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Stokes was born on November 11, 1927 in Harvey, Illinois she was one of four children born to the late Theodore and Ophelia Lindley; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Stokes was a graduate of Thornton Township High School; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Stokes began a long career in retail at Sears Roebuck and Company; and
WHEREAS, at an early age she accepted Christ as her personal Savior and joined Wesley United Methodist Church in Harvey, Illinois under the Pastorate of Reverend Dennis M. Oglesby; and
WHEREAS, on February 7, 1948, Pauline Stokes was united into holy matrimony to the late John Wesley Stokes, Sr. This union was blessed with five sons and one daughter; John Jr., Paula Henley, Glen, Barry and (Phillip and Dale) who preceded her in death; and
WHEREAS, upon retiring from Sears, Ms. Stokes became a stay at home grandmother to her twenty- one grandchildren and a great-grandmother to her fifty-one great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed, gardening and shopping daily; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, does hereby offer its deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathy to the family of Ms. Pauline Stokes
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution be tendered to the family of Ms. Pauline Stokes and a copy be spread upon the official proceeding of this Honorable Body.
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