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91_SR0024
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Melanie Lashan Green of Dolton on Tuesday,
4 February 2, 1999; and
5 WHEREAS, She was a member of St. Raphael's Church,
6 including being a member of the church choir for years; she
7 served as a junior counselor for 5 years and was appointed an
8 assistant counselor in 1998 in St. Raphael's St. Margaret
9 Peter Claver Court 156; and
10 WHEREAS, From her loving mother, Deborah Green, and her
11 special dad, William Shaw, she received her loving spirit,
12 her commitment to others, and the guidance and direction that
13 helped make her the wonderful person that she was; and
14 WHEREAS, She attended St. Raphael's Elementary School and
15 Maria High School in Chicago; she attended Western Illinois
16 University and Chicago State University, where she was a
17 senior on the dean's list in 1998, majoring in criminal
18 justice; and
19 WHEREAS, She was employed at the Dolton Police Department
20 as a Police Dispatcher; she had served as a page in the
21 Illinois House of Representatives and as a member of the 9th
22 Ward Young Democratic Organization and the Dolton Youth
23 Commission; and
24 WHEREAS, Her passing will be deeply felt by her family
25 and friends, especially her daughter, Ashley; her mother,
26 Deborah Green; her special dad, William Shaw; her biological
27 father, Anthony Green; her fiance, Shawn Staples; her
28 grandmothers, Juanita Cook and Dorothy Green; her brothers,
29 Maurice Green and Anthony Anderson; her uncles, Robert Shaw,
30 Maurice Cook, Ralph Coleman, Walter Coleman, and Paris
31 Norton; and her aunts, Cynthia Norton, Melanie Green,
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1 Stephanie Dickson, Antoinette Dickson Ellis, and Stephanie
2 Cook; therefore, be it
3 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
4 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
5 and regret the death of Melanie Lashan Green and extend our
6 sincere condolences to her family and friends; and be it
7 further
8 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of Melanie Lashan Green.