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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Yoannah "Hattie" Eshet Nasik Asiel,
4who passed away on October 25, 2023; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Yoannah Asiel was born Hattie Lonie to Mary and
6Edgar Lonie in Pearl, Mississippi on November 3, 1939; at the
7age of 10, she and her family moved to Chicago, which would
8become her home for more than 70 years; she graduated from
9Northern Illinois University, where she was a member of Alpha
10Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; she married Prince Ben Asiel on
11April 21, 1963 and, starting their family in 1967, they
12welcomed Lisa (Alizah), Lori, (Ahavah), and Ben Asiel; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Yoannah Asiel worked at DuSable High School as a
14physical education teacher, where she was adored by her
15students because she always saw the good in everyone; she and
16her husband opened Soul Vegetarian East, the first vegan
17restaurant in Chicago; after moving to Israel, she established
18the Kingdom School in Holiness for the children of Dimona in
191972; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Yoannah Asiel became one of the first Crown
21Sisters in the Hebrew Israelite community in 1978; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Yoannah Asiel enjoyed watching the Chicago Bears,
2the Chicago Bulls, football games, college sports, and
3historically Black colleges and universities games; even in
4her later years, she played tennis and went swimming with her
5grandsons; she loved to cook, especially gourmet food, and she
6loved line dancing; she was a hard worker who always put others
7before herself; she will be remembered as an elegant woman who
8could light up a room and as the heartbeat of her family, a
9pillar of strength and a motivator; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Yoannah Asiel was preceded in death by her
11husband; her sister, Marjorie Reed; her sons, Yehudah and Ben;
12and her sister-wife, Havanah; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Yoannah Asiel is survived by her sisters,
14Shalamiyah, Shalgheyah, and Yeef-ah; her children, Tina,
15Hosheanah, Michal, Asiel, Lisa (Lester), Ooriel, Lori (Mark),
16Taeir (Trevor), Moreeyah, Arel (Parakiyah), Yahtmeed
17(Tsfoonah), Ooval, Yosef (Shamiyah), and Elronayn; her nephew,
18Mark Reed; her niece, Tracy Reed; and her 24 grandsons, 22
19granddaughters, and 11 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
22Yoannah "Hattie" Eshet Nasik Asiel and extend our sincere
23condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved

 

 

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1her; and be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3presented to the family of Yoannah Asiel as an expression of
4our deepest sympathy.