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RES 2020-24

Resolution on the death of Gloria Adkins

How it started
Jan 27, 2020 · Offered by Councillor E. Denise Simmons.
What happened
Jan 27, 2020 · 🎉 Adopted: the Council approved it. (Order adopted)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

  • Alanna Mallon
  • Dennis Carlone
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • Quinton Zondervan
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • Timothy J. Toomey
Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
🚪 End of the line: condolences extended.
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The City Council was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of lifelong Cambridge resident Gloria Adkins on January 10, 2020; and

Gloria Estelle Adkins was born November 25, 1931 in Cambridge to the la Leon

Phillips and Marion (Bowen) E Phillips, the youngest of siblings Eugene Leon, William, Ruth Spencer, and Delores Kelton; and

Gloria Adkins – or Glo, as she was affectionately called – was a proud lifelong Cantabrigian, graduating from the Webster School and Cambridge High and Latin, and she was also a lifelong member of Union Baptist Church; and

Gloria Adkins married Alfred Lawrence Adkins of Lake Wales, FL, on December 21, 1952, and she settled on Hayes Street, raising her family and residing there until her passing; and

Gloria Adkins was a long-time employee of Riverside Press and Orion Research, and following her retirement, Gloria and Alfred became the proprietors of Phil's Variety, a staple in the Coast/Cambridge community; and

Gloria Adkins played a vital role in raising her grandchildren, being wholly committed to her family, and she also loved traveling and visiting her children in other states, with one of her fondest memories being attending the inauguration of President Barack Obama with her girls; and

Gloria Adkins was an avid Boston sports fan, she loved shopping, sewing, and politics, and she was known for being both innovative and creative with her home decorating and gardening – activities she loved engaging in while being in daily contact with her children, cheering them on, offering them support, and offering up her love; and

Gloria Adkins is survived by her children Lawrence, Marcia. Steven, Carolyn, a host of adopted children, her grandchildren Antwon, James, Sarcia, Isaac, Jasmine, Britney, and Breanna, her nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, and a host of family and friends, and her memory shall forever be cherished by them all; now therefore be it

RESOLVED: That the City Council formally go on record expressing its deepest condolences to the family of Gloria Adkins for their tremendous loss; and be it further

RESOLVED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution to the family of Gloria Adkins on behalf of the entire City Council.

In City Council January 27, 2020. ORDER ADOPTED by the affirmative vote of nine members. Attest:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk

A true copy;

ATTEST:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jan 27, 2020