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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate Geraldine "Travis" Hooten
4 on her retirement from the City of Chicago Department of Human
5 Services; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Geraldine Hooten was born in Greenwood,
7 Mississippi on April 16, 1937; her parents were Ellis Travis,
8 Sr. and Elnora Wilson Travis; and
 
9     WHEREAS, She moved to Chicago in 1940; she married Wilbert
10 Hooten, Sr., on June 5, 1954 and together they had five
11 children, Denise, Wilbert, Jr., Derrel, Avis, and Michael; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Geraldine Hooten began working with the City of
13 Chicago Department of Human Services in 1965; in 1988 she
14 received a Certificate of National Merit from the National
15 Recognition Program of the United States Department of Housing
16 and Urban Development; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Geraldine Hooten has resided at the Pioneer
18 Village Phase IV apartments for 19 years; she is been an active
19 member of South Park Baptist Church since 1972; she is a member
20 of the Walter Thornton Memorial Auxiliary; she is an honorary
21 member of Usher Board No. 2; and she volunteered to assist with

 

 

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1 the Katrina Relief Project hosted by her church; Geraldine
2 loves cooking for her church, her family, and her friends; and
3 she loves the Lord and is a blessing to those she meets; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Geraldine Hooten retired from the City of Chicago
5 Department of Human Services in 2003 after 38 years of service;
6 she served on the Chicago Community on Urban Development "War
7 on Poverty Program"; she served the Department of Human
8 Services as Community Representative Recruiter, a Urban Life
9 Interviewer, and an Emergency Services Worker/Crisis
10 Intervention; she also was a dispatcher working with the
11 sanitation, fire, and police Departments; and she worked as a
12 Social Service Assistant providing counseling and referral
13 services for emergencies; therefore, be it
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
16 congratulate Geraldine "Travis" Hooten on her retirement from
17 the City of Chicago Department of Human Services and wish her
18 continued good fortune in her future endeavors; and be it
19 further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to Geraldine Hooten as a symbol of our respect.