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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Jerome Brewster, who passed away on January 2, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Oliver Brewster was born on October 7, 1936, in |
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| St. Louis, Missouri; his parents were Alverta and the Reverend |
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| Raymond Brewster; he accepted Christ and was baptized at an |
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| early age; and
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| WHEREAS, Oliver Brewster attended Vashaun High School in |
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| St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Crane High School in |
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| Chicago; after high school, he enlisted in the United States |
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| Navy, where he enjoyed boxing and served in the Korean War |
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| during his 4-year tour; after leaving the Navy, he returned to |
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| Chicago, where he met his future wife, Charlotte Bowman; and
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| WHEREAS, Oliver Brewster worked at the United States Post |
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| Office until he embarked on his dream of owning his own |
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| business; in 1973, he opened Brewster's Barber Shop and Beauty |
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| Salon on Chicago's South Side, a business he owned and operated |
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| for 30 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Oliver Brewster was an active member of his |
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| community; he was the founder of the On With Life (O.W.L.) |
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| community organization; he participated in numerous programs |
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| as a member of The Lutheran Church of Christ the King; he also |
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| served as the President and National Director of the Black |
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| Youth Organization and as Vice-President of the Association of |
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| Black Lutheran Churchmen; and
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| WHEREAS, Oliver Brewster was involved in local and State |
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| politics for over 40 years; over the years, he has gathered |
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| people for marches, rallies, voter registration drives, |
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| petition drives, and numerous elections; he worked alongside |
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| many Chicago elected officials and spearheaded the campaigns of |
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| former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, former Senator Howard |
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| Brookins, Sr., Niles Sherman, Ray Adkins, and Illinois State |
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| Representative Constance A. Howard; he also worked |
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| side-by-side with Representative Howard as her District |
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| Director/Coordinator for over 20 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Oliver Brewster enjoyed boxing, traveling, |
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| listening to jazz, cooking, and politics; and
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| WHEREAS, Oliver Brewster was preceded in death by his |
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| father; his brothers, Earl and Harold; and his aunts, Geneva |
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| Woods, Catherine Brewster-Coleman, Alma Brewster, and Ruby |
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| Clark; and
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| WHEREAS, Oliver Brewster is survived by his loving wife of |
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| 48 years, Charlotte; his daughters, Yolanda and Anika; his |
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| grandchildren, Yoronda, Charonda, Jeromee, Joi, and Jordai; |
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| his mother, Alverta McField; his brother, Quinton McField |
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| (Denise); his sisters, Alversa Milan (Jesse) and Marilyn |
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| Breashears (Ollie); and his many nieces, nephews, cousins, |
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| friends, and colleagues; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Oliver |
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| Jerome Brewster; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Oliver Brewster as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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