MEMORIAL-ESTELLA ODNEAL ODEN

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SR0850
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SENATE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
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to learn of the death of Estella Odneal Oden, who passed away
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on March 29, 2026; and

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WHEREAS, Estella Oden was born in Columbus, Mississippi to
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Earnest and Levella (Humphries) Odneal on April 21, 1948; she
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committed to her faith at an early age at Oak Grove Missionary
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Baptist Church in Columbus; she graduated from the Fifth
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Street School in West Point, Mississippi in May 1967 and
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received an Associates of Applied Science from Mary Holmes
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College in 1970; and

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WHEREAS, Estella Oden began her career in education as a
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second grade teacher's assistant with the Mississippi public
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school system starting in the summer of 1969 and taught sixth
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grade from 1970 to 1972; and

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WHEREAS, Estella Oden married Jim Willis Oden on December
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19, 1971, and they relocated to Chicago in 1972; she began
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working at Montgomery Wards shortly after arriving and took
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classes at Kennedy King College in business communications;
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she earned her cosmetology license from the Cannella School of
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Hair Design in 1999; she worked at Marshall Fields for a brief
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time before deciding to return to her first calling,

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education, in 2001; and

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WHEREAS, Estella Oden began working for the Chicago Public
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Schools, starting at William Multiplex Elementary School in
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November 2003 as a guidance counselor aide; she took courses
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to become a special education classroom assistant at the
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Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi and
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worked as such until she retired; and

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WHEREAS, Estella Oden was affectionately known as
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"Sweetie"; she enjoyed tending to her flowers and plants in
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the yard, spending time with her family and friends, and
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traveling; and

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WHEREAS, Estella Oden was preceded in death by her
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parents; her brothers, William, Arthur, and TC; her sister,
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Rosie; her son, Jim Marcus Oden; and her daughter-in-life,
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Candle (Hudson); and

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WHEREAS, Estella Oden is survived by her husband of 54
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years, Jim Willis Oden; her siblings, Louis (Betty), Allison,
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Earnest (Rosie), and Carrie; her sons, Timothy (Robin) and
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Derrick Oden; her grandchildren, Diauntae, Jayla, Parish,
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Bryce, Kayla, Kameron, and Jewel; and numerous brothers and
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sisters-in-life, nieces, nephews, friends, and acquaintances;
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therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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Estella Odneal Oden and extend our sincere condolences to her
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family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
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further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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presented to the family of Estella Oden as a symbol of our
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deepest sympathy.

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