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90_SR0214
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere sympathy to the family and friends of
4 Howard Brian Patterson, who passed away on May 9, 1998; and
5 WHEREAS, Howard Brian Patterson was born on June 7, 1957
6 to Howard and Maude Green Patterson; he was the first
7 grandson on the maternal side of the family for several
8 generations; and
9 WHEREAS, Howard Brian Patterson was baptized in the Roman
10 Catholic Church at St. Dorothy's Church; he attended Ruggles
11 Elementary School and Mendel Catholic High School, where he
12 participated in football and many school clubs; he attended
13 Lewis University in Joliet, Illinois where he was one of the
14 founders of the Iota Lamleda Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi
15 Fraternity; and
16 WHEREAS, Howard Brian Patterson joined the Chicago Police
17 Department in 1985, following in his father's footsteps; he
18 received several citations for outstanding work including a
19 Department Commendation and a Department Life-Saving Award;
20 his current assignment was as a school officer, where he was
21 a role model for young people; he had previously been
22 assigned in the Gang Crimes South Unit and in the Seventh
23 District; and
24 WHEREAS, Howard Brian Patterson belonged to many
25 organizations, including: the Fraternal Order of Police, St.
26 Jude's League, the Illinois Patrolmen's Association, Kappa
27 Alpha Psi Fraternity, and Masonic Lodge Hiram 12-28, Modern
28 Free and Accepted Masons of the World, Inc. where he was a
29 Master Mason; and
30 WHEREAS, He married his childhood friend, Jeanette
31 Burrell in 1997; to this union Howard Brandon Patterson was
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1 born; and
2 WHEREAS, Howard Brian Patterson is survived by his wife,
3 Jeanette Burrell; his children, Ivory Michelle and Howard
4 Brandon; his stepchildren, Shawanaki (Nike) Wade, Tiffany
5 Mildred Gills, and Joshua Louis Gills; his parents, Howard
6 and Maude Patterson; his grandmother, Zirta Green; his uncle,
7 Roosevelt Patterson; his sister, Angela Brazien Patterson;
8 his aunts, Maxine Leslie and Joyce Madison; his great aunts,
9 Vera DesVerney, Ella (Jessie) Bunche, Clara Thomas, and Etta
10 Houston; his nine inseparable first cousins; and many other
11 relatives and friends; therefore, be it
12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
13 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his
14 family and friends, the death of Howard Brian Patterson; may
15 they find comfort in this time of loss; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to the family of Howard Brian Patterson.