Illinois SR 550: MEMORIAL-JUNE C. PORTER

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SR0550LRB104 17062 ECR 30477 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of June Carol Porter, who passed away on 

4December 4, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, June Porter was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 

6June 19, 1934; she was raised in Kansas City, Kansas, where she 

7attended Mason Memorial United Methodist Church and graduated 

8from Sumner High School and Kansas City Junior College; she 

9received her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Baker 

10University in 1956, and she completed graduate work at 

11Pittsburgh State Teachers College; she married the Reverend 

12Kwame John R. Porter, Ph.D. in 1961, and he preceded her in 

13death in 2019 after 57 years of marriage; and

14 WHEREAS, June Porter was a distinguished and lifelong 

15educator whose teaching career included the Chicago Public 

16Schools, the Austin Christian Academy, and the Guaranteed 

17Alternative Schools; she also educated children in group home 

18settings and in preschool, elementary school, high school, and 

19after-school programs; she served as director of Adult 

20Literacy for Literacy Chicago for more than 30 years, during 

21which time she taught adult students to read, developed 

22English as a Second Language programming, and trained 

23volunteers to teach adult students before retiring in 2017; 

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1more recently, she became a published author of the children's 

2book, Shh! Shh! The Children are Praying, in June 2025; and

3 WHEREAS, June Porter was a lifelong member of United 

4Methodist Church and served the church in various capacities, 

5including as a US-2 home missionary deployed to Jacksonville, 

6Florida, where she was a