Full Text of SR0056 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Zuleika P. "Leika"
Hasbrouck, formerly of | 4 | | the South Loop in Chicago, who passed away on December 22, | 5 | | 2016; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Zuleika Hasbrouck was born to James Tolbert and | 7 | | Barbara Woodford in Pasadena, California
on August 24, 1977, | 8 | | the second of five children; she graduated from Blair High | 9 | | School in 1995 and earned her license in cosmetology from | 10 | | Pasadena City College in 1997; she married LaMar
Hasbrouck in | 11 | | Los Angeles, California on October 31, 2008; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Zuleika Hasbrouck spent more than a decade in the | 13 | | beauty, make-up, and entertainment
industry, including with | 14 | | Clinique, Estee Lauder, and E Entertainment/G4 Media, before | 15 | | launching Lovelei
Cosmetics, LLC in 2007; her web-based company | 16 | | grew from a personal beauty consultation company to
a niche | 17 | | business specializing in cosmetics for women of color; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Zuleika Hasbrouck worked with diligence and | 19 | | passion to achieve the goals of her company;
she expanded her | 20 | | client base to include government officials and celebrities; | 21 | | her work was featured in
regional and national advertising | 22 | | campaigns, including Pomi Pasta and Chronogram Magazine; she |
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| 1 | | sponsored the
Hollywood Black Film Festival, appeared in the | 2 | | fourth season of the reality TV series MasterChef, and was a
| 3 | | Brand Ambassador for DevaCurl; she was a professional member of | 4 | | Make-up Art Cosmetics, Cosmetic
Executive Women, Global | 5 | | Cosmetic Industry, and the California Bureau of Barbering and | 6 | | Cosmetology; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Zuleika Hasbrouck constantly worked to improve | 8 | | her business acumen; she studied business
management and | 9 | | marketing at Columbia College in Chicago, and was an avid | 10 | | student of Mandarin
Chinese; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Zuleika Hasbrouck was a loving and devoted wife, | 12 | | and stepmother to three daughters, Baele
Hasbrouck, Maysa | 13 | | Hasbrouck, and Lalah Hasbrouck; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Zuleika Hasbrouck enthusiastically served as | 15 | | "first lady of public health" for the State of
Illinois, | 16 | | supporting her husband Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, the seventeenth | 17 | | Director of the Illinois Department of
Public Health | 18 | | (2012-2015); she was actively engaged in several health | 19 | | initiatives, including the March of
Dimes March for Babies, | 20 | | AIDS Walk-Run Chicago, Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure, First | 21 | | Ladies Health
Luncheon, Black Women's Expo, Real Men Cook, and | 22 | | the National Minority Organ/Tissue Donor Day; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Zuleika Hasbrouck had an infectious personality, | 2 | | contagious sense of humor, and a heartfelt
passion for life; | 3 | | she enjoyed dancing, live concerts, roller skating, fashion, | 4 | | and traveling; she volunteered
at the Pacific Garden Mission | 5 | | shelter in Chicago, and Phoenix Children's Hospital; her desire | 6 | | was to use
her palette and skills to make people feel and look | 7 | | beautiful; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Zuleika Hasbrouck was preceded in death by her | 9 | | brother, Kojo Tolbert; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Zuleika Hasbrouck is survived by her mother, | 11 | | Barbara Woodford-Powell; her stepfather, Calvin
Powell; her | 12 | | father, James Tolbert; her sisters, Rahja Oyakemeagbegha, and | 13 | | Lelani Grey; her brother,
Kofi Tolbert; and her nieces, Alatimi | 14 | | Oyakemeagbegha, Ineware Oyakemeagbegha, and Ellen Grey; | 15 | | therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her
| 18 | | family and friends, mourn the sudden and unexpected passing of | 19 | | Zuleika P. "Leika" Hasbrouck, and
extend our sincere | 20 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 21 | | her; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Zuleika P. Hasbrouck as
an | 2 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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