Full Text of HR1287 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Jean | 4 | | Joseph Salomon; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jean Salomon was born on June 11, 1933, in | 6 | | Coteaux, Haiti; his parents are Exant Joseph Salomon and Marie | 7 | | Cecilia Mazile; he married the love of his life, Irma Kernizan, | 8 | | on December 22, 1959; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jean Salomon graduated from Toussaint Louveture, | 10 | | where he was an excellent student; he subsequently attended | 11 | | South-Western Publishing courses on bookkeeping and accounting | 12 | | and received his degree in mathematics and accounting; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1971, Jean Salomon moved his family to Chicago, | 14 | | where he worked as an accountant and supervisor at Humphrey | 15 | | Leather Goods until his retirement in 1996; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Jean Salomon had a strong passion for education, | 17 | | which inspired him to open a math and science academy; he later | 18 | | became the Director of Telecommunications in Haiti; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Jean Salomon enjoyed spending time with his | 20 | | family, taking part in Freemason activities, politics, |
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| 1 | | literature, and art; he also excelled at public speaking and | 2 | | debates and was a self-taught architect; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Jean Salomon was very proud of his Haitian | 4 | | heritage and was a strong voice in the Haitian community; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Jean Salomon was preceded in death by his parents; | 6 | | his sons, Alix and Jeanton; and his siblings, Hery Salomon and | 7 | | Marie Solange Theronier; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jean Salomon is survived by his wife of 53 years, | 9 | | Irma; his children, Edgard, Diane, Betsy (Gerard), and | 10 | | Michaelle; his grandchildren, Katia, Kaylin, Kyra, Krysten, | 11 | | and Alix; his sister, Marie Lourdes; his brother-in-law and | 12 | | sisters-in-law, Joel and Martha Gue, Hector Vales, Marie Anne | 13 | | and her family, and Lucienne Kernizan and her family; and his | 14 | | many nieces, nephews, relatives, and close friends; therefore, | 15 | | be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 19 | | Jean Joseph Salomon; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Jean Salomon as an expression of our |
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