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George Anne Duckett, obituary

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George Anne Duckett, 1939-2019, represented District 12 for 14 years on the Winnebago County Board. She was active in the Democratic Party and was Vice-President of the Rockford Neighborhood and Development Corporation and received the Points of Light, presidential award from President George H. W. Bush for that organization’s work (1991). Duckett was also publisher and owner of the VItal Force newspaper for more than 20 years. She was a member of the NAACP, NCNW, Rainbow Push Coalition, ACLU Southern Poverty Law Center and the Democratic National Committee. Source: Mullins & Thompson Funeral Service, Stafford, VA

Time to smile and cheer, Waterfront is finally here – 9/1/2011 editorial

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Source: Rockford Register Star 9/2/2011

 

Marion Schwab Clark, 1920 – 2017 – obituary

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Source: Rockford Register Star 12/17/2017