IL HR0714

Memorial resolution honoring Dorothy Jane Cobb Keller of Jacksonville, Illinois, who passed away on January 22, 2026, at age 96

Earned an English degree with honors from Illinois College in 1951 as a Phi Beta Kappa member and served as president of Gamma Delta Literary Society

Career as an educator included teaching fourth grade at South Jacksonville Grade School, reading classes at Our Saviour Grade School, and substitute teaching at local schools

Active in civic organizations including the League of Women Voters (serving as president), Morgan County Democrats, NAACP, Jacksonville Theatre Guild, and Catholic Daughters of America

Recognized by the Jacksonville African American Museum at its 2022 opening for civil rights advocacy beginning in the 1960s alongside her husband Paul