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SR0850LRB104 21425 MST 36464 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Estella Odneal Oden, who passed away 

4on March 29, 2026; and

5 WHEREAS, Estella Oden was born in Columbus, Mississippi to 

6Earnest and Levella (Humphries) Odneal on April 21, 1948; she 

7committed to her faith at an early age at Oak Grove Missionary 

8Baptist Church in Columbus; she graduated from the Fifth 

9Street School in West Point, Mississippi in May 1967 and 

10received an Associates of Applied Science from Mary Holmes 

11College in 1970; and

12 WHEREAS, Estella Oden began her career in education as a 

13second grade teacher's assistant with the Mississippi public 

14school system starting in the summer of 1969 and taught sixth 

15grade from 1970 to 1972; and

16 WHEREAS, Estella Oden married Jim Willis Oden on December 

1719, 1971, and they relocated to Chicago in 1972; she began 

18working at Montgomery Wards shortly after arriving and took 

19classes at Kennedy King College in business communications; 

20she earned her cosmetology license from the Cannella School of 

21Hair Design in 1999; she worked at Marshall Fields for a brief 

22time before deciding to return to her first calling, 

SR0850- 2 -LRB104 21425 MST 36464 r

1education, in 2001; and

2 WHEREAS, Estella Oden began working for the Chicago Public 

3Schools, starting at William Multiplex Elementary School in 

4November 2003 as a guidance counselor aide; she took courses 

5to become a special education classroom assistant at the 

6Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi and 

7worked as such until she retired; and

8 WHEREAS, Estella Oden was affectionately known as 

9"Sweetie"; she