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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Juju |
| 4 | | Lien, who passed away on November 3, 2025; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Juju Lien was born in China and raised in Taiwan; |
| 6 | | she graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Juju Lien retired in 2020 after 21 years of |
| 8 | | service with the Social Security Administration; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Juju Lien was a community activist dedicated to |
| 10 | | providing social services and advocating for equal justice for |
| 11 | | Chicago's Asian American refugees and immigrants; she served |
| 12 | | as the executive director of the Chinese Mutual Aid |
| 13 | | Association and later held the same role at the Asian American |
| 14 | | Institute (now Asian Americans Advancing Justice); she was |
| 15 | | also a advocate for gender equality and was involved with the |
| 16 | | Chicago Foundation for Women since its inception in 1985; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Juju Lien kept her friends very close and loved |
| 18 | | to host and cook for them, and she was a source of humor and |
| 19 | | inspiration to almost every person she met; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Juju Lien was preceded in death by her husband of |
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| 1 | | over 40 years, Robert Cross; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Juju Lien is survived by her daughter, Amy Cross |
| 3 | | (Matthew); her grandson, Leon; her brothers, Martin Lien (Lee) |
| 4 | | and Kai Lee (Jane); her nieces, Jing Ting Hammond (Steve), |
| 5 | | Jing Dee Lien (John), Jing Yee Curtiss (Kirk), and Katie Lee; |
| 6 | | and her grandnieces and grandnephews, Zoe, Calvin, Norah, and |
| 7 | | Harper; therefore, be it
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 9 | | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 10 | | we mourn the passing of Juju Lien and extend our sincere |
| 11 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
| 12 | | her; and be it further
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 14 | | presented to the family of Juju Lien as an expression of our |
| 15 | | deepest sympathy. |
