Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

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3	3	1 SENATE RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
5	5	3 to learn of the death of Jann Alberta Mae Beauchamp, who passed
6	6	4 away on October 18, 2024; and
7	7	5 WHEREAS, Jann Beauchamp was born to Albert Alexander and
8	8	6 Cornelia Mae Cox in Chicago on December 7, 1931; she graduated
9	9	7 from Grant Elementary School in Chicago and her family moved
10	10	8 to Maywood in 1945; she graduated from Proviso Township High
11	11	9 School in 1949 and attended the University of Illinois at Navy
12	12	10 Pier; she married James A. Beauchamp on October 16, 1954; and
13	13	11 WHEREAS, Jann Beauchamp was devoted to her faith; she
14	14	12 joined Canaan AME Church in Maywood and was baptized in
15	15	13 December 1946; her family joined St. John Evangelical Lutheran
16	16	14 Church in Forest Park in 1969, where she was a member for 55
17	17	15 years and served in various roles; and
18	18	16 WHEREAS, Jann Beauchamp returned to college as a wife and
19	19	17 mother; she received her associate degree from Triton College
20	20	18 and her Bachelor of Arts from Rosary College, known today as
21	21	19 Dominican University; after earning her Master of Business
22	22	20 Administration from Rosary College, she used her training and
23	23	21 skill set to give back to the community; she worked at
24	24	22 Dominican University in River Forest as an administrative
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33	33	1 assistant to its presidents, Sister Candida Lund and Sister
34	34	2 Jean Murray, from June 1972 to August 1983; she then served as
35	35	3 an adjunct faculty member at Triton College from 1985 until
36	36	4 2002; at the Triton Resource Center, she helped train students
37	37	5 as registered nurses and court reporters and in other
38	38	6 disciplines; and
39	39	7 WHEREAS, Jann Beauchamp was elected to the Proviso Family
40	40	8 Service and Mental Health Board in Melrose Park, where she
41	41	9 served from 1977 to 1998; she was appointed as an alternate
42	42	10 board member by St. John Lutheran Church, and she served on the
43	43	11 board of directors of Walther Lutheran High School in Melrose
44	44	12 Park from 1977 to 1981; she won her first general election as a
45	45	13 school board member of Proviso Township High School District
46	46	14 209 in 1991; that same year, she was elected as a trustee for
47	47	15 the Village of Bellwood, where she served from 1995 to 2003;
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49	49	17 WHEREAS, Jann Beauchamp was a forerunner and a
50	50	18 trailblazer; she was charter member of the National Museum of
51	51	19 African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. in
52	52	20 2012; and
53	53	21 WHEREAS, Jann Beauchamp was the recipient of numerous
54	54	22 accolades, acknowledgments, and awards, including receiving
55	55	23 the Marquis Who's Who in America Award as an educator and
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66	66	1 information scientist twice in her 90s; she was also
67	67	2 recognized and honored in many local and national newspapers,
68	68	3 journals, and books; and
69	69	4 WHEREAS, Jann Beauchamp was an avid golfer and reader, and
70	70	5 she was a patron of the fine arts and performing arts; she
71	71	6 retained her drive for knowledge in her later years through
72	72	7 taking community classes, attending performances, and
73	73	8 researching her family genealogy; and
74	74	9 WHEREAS, Jann Beauchamp was preceded in death by her
75	75	10 husband of 44 years, James; her parents; and her siblings,
76	76	11 Melville Carr, Laura Jackson, Charlotte Wheeler, Alice McNeal,
77	77	12 Elaine Sampson, and Albert Cox Jr.; and
78	78	13 WHEREAS, Jann Beauchamp is survived by her children, David
79	79	14 Beauchamp, Carol Beauchamp Randolph, and Elaine
80	80	15 Beauchamp-Prospers; her grandchildren, Calvin Randolph Jr.,
81	81	16 Cristen (Dirk) Blanchard, Alan Beauchamp, Mallory Beauchamp,
82	82	17 Corey Harris, Amador (Juliet) Porras, Courtney Harris,
83	83	18 Isabella Porras, and Zoe Porras; and her great-grandchildren,
84	84	19 Dexter Harris, Zepplin Porras, and Demi Harris; therefore, be
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86	86	21 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
87	87	22 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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98	98	1 Jann Alberta Mae Beauchamp and extend our sincere condolences
99	99	2 to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be
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