Illinois HR 231: MEMORIAL-MILDRED KENERSON

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HR0231LRB104 13033 LAW 24826 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mildred 

4Austin Kenerson of Chicago, who passed away on March 23, 2025; 

5and

6 WHEREAS, Mildred Kenerson was born to Eddie Lee Perkins 

7and Idella Harper Perkins in Braxton, Mississippi on April 19, 

81919; she was educated at a Rosenwald School for Negro 

9Children and the Piney Woods Country Life School in Piney 

10Woods, Mississippi; while attending Jackson State College, 

11known today as Jackson State University, she obtained her 

12teaching certificate to educate the students in segregated 

13Simpson County, Mississippi; and

14 WHEREAS, Mildred Kenerson relocated to Troy, New York in 

151943, and she worked at the Watervliet Arsenal located in Troy 

16during World War II; while there, she was also a member of the 

17Troy branch of the NAACP; she married the late Rowland Elgin 

18Austin in 1948, and they had two children, Rowland Austin and 

19Carolyn Austin; she and her children relocated to Chicago to 

20join her sisters, Monteal Magee, Wilma Perkins, and Mary Lee 

21Stapleton, in 1958; she later married John Dubois "J.D." 

22Kenerson in 1963, and he preceded her in death on November 22, 

231983; and

HR0231- 2 -LRB104 13033 LAW 24826 r

1 WHEREAS, Mildred Kenerson was an employee of the Chicago 

2Public Schools; she worked at the Daniel Webster Elementary 

3School on Arthington Street from 1969 to 1999, where she 

4performed various duties, including teaching, tutoring, 

5serving as a parent liaison, and providing support to staff 

6and the Reading Lab; she was noted for instilling a passion for 

7learning in her students, serving as a mentor