Full Text of SR0604 93rd General Assembly
SR0604 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Robert E. Williams of | | 4 |
| Chicago on Saturday, June 19, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was born in Chicago on April 4, 1921, | | 6 |
| to Robert and Jenny Williams; he attended John D. Shoop School, | | 7 |
| graduated from Morgan Park High School, and graduated from | | 8 |
| Herzl City College and the Worsham College of Mortuary Science; | | 9 |
| in 1944, he received his professional funeral director license; | | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was united in marriage with Mattie B. | | 12 |
| Robinson on June 7, 1953; they had one daughter, Joanne Jewel | | 13 |
| Williams; she preceded him in death; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams earned the distinction of being the | | 15 |
| first African American in the City of Chicago to build his own | | 16 |
| funeral home when he opened The Williams Chapel at Bishop and | | 17 |
| 111th Street and celebrated 50 years of service to the people | | 18 |
| of Chicago on July 19, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was a 50-year member of the Illinois | | 20 |
| Funeral Directors Association as well as a member of the Cook | | 21 |
| County Association of Funeral Home Owners; he was active in the | | 22 |
| Beth Eden Baptist Church as a member of the choir and teacher | | 23 |
| of the senior adult class in the Department of Religious | | 24 |
| Education; he previously served his church in the capacity of | | 25 |
| chairman of the Board of Deacons; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was a past worshipful master of | | 27 |
| Monarch Lodge #99 F&AM, a member of the Western Consistory #28 | | 28 |
| Ancient Acceptance Scottish Rite Free Masonry, the past | | 29 |
| president of the Morgan Park Civic League, and a member of the | | 30 |
| Board of Directors of the Morgan Park Savings and Loan |
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| Association; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert E. Williams has been deeply | | 3 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Mattie; his grandchildren, | | 4 |
| Robyn M. Cramer and Damian Cramer; and his great-grandchildren, | | 5 |
| William Martin and Simon Martin; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | | 8 |
| Robert E. Williams, and we extend our sincere condolences to | | 9 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 12 |
| presented to the family of Robert E. Williams as an expression | | 13 |
| of our deepest sympathy.
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