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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Paul Donovan Johnson, who passed away
4on April 17, 2023; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Paul Johnson was born to Leathean Williams and
6Paul Johnson in Chicago on May 24, 1975; as a child, he
7attended Christ Unity Temple and Paul Lutheran Church, where
8he was a member; he attended Luther High School South and was a
9member of various sports teams and clubs; he earned his Master
10of Science in Computer Software Engineering from the
11University of Minnesota, Morris; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Paul Johnson worked at several corporations
13before using his skills to serve as a senior software
14developer at the Hyatt Hotels Corporation, where he worked
15until his passing; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Paul Johnson remained updated on modern
17technology and donated his time to teaching the younger
18generation, thus developing future technology specialists; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Paul Johnson enjoyed traveling around the world
20with family and friends, participating in benefits and
21programs for social causes, completing construction projects

 

 

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1at home, spending time at the casino, and raising his two dogs,
2Jazzy and Chase; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Paul Johnson was affectionately known as "Little
4Paul" by his family and friends; he will be remembered as a
5treasured friend and confidant; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Paul Johnson was preceded in death by his mother;
7his grandparents, Geneva Thomas, Commodore Thomas, Manual
8Williams Sr., Patsy Lee Williams, and Serena P. Ledbetter; his
9uncles, Thomas E. Williams, Robert L. Williams, Charlie J.
10Thomas, Manual J. Williams Jr., and Walter J. Johnson Jr.; and
11his aunts, Mamie L. Ward, Connie J. Watkins, Pearlie Rand,
12Mildred Nichols, and Shirley Brown; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Paul Johnson is survived by his father; his
14aunts, Marian L. Johnson, Eloise Allen, Catherine Williams,
15Joyce Johnson, Carol (Albert) Allen, Serena Daniels, and
16Eurydice Ledbetter; his uncle, Robert Thomas; and a host of
17cousins, family, and friends; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
20Paul Donovan Johnson and extend our sincere condolences to his
21family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
22further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Paul Johnson as an expression of our
3deepest sympathy.