Full Text of HR1122 99th 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 Jewel | 4 | | Veronica Kelley, who passed away on March 10, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jewel Kelley was born on October 13, 1975; her | 6 | | parents were Bernice Kelley and Jesse Brooks; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jewel Kelley was born and raised in Chicago, where | 8 | | she attended Carver Middle School and graduated from Carver | 9 | | Area High School in 1993; she went on to attend Grambling State | 10 | | University in Louisiana, where she studied Criminal Justice and | 11 | | graduated Cum Laude in December of 1996; she subsequently | 12 | | earned a Master of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from Loyola | 13 | | University in Chicago in 2005; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Jewel Kelley was a respected member of the United | 15 | | States Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of | 16 | | the Inspector General in the Chicago office from 1998 to 2005 | 17 | | and the Indianapolis, Indiana office from 2005 to 2008; during | 18 | | her time with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, | 19 | | she served as the Victim/Witness Coordinator for the Midwest, | 20 | | arranging the relocation of victims and witnesses of violent | 21 | | crimes who aided the Department in Operation Safe Home, a | 22 | | proactive effort to minimize violent criminal activity in |
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| 1 | | public housing developments, largely focused in and around | 2 | | Chicago; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, In October of 2008, Jewel Kelley left the | 4 | | Department of Housing and Urban Development to pursue a more | 5 | | challenging assignment as a Special Agent with the Naval | 6 | | Criminal Investigative Service in Washington, D.C.; while | 7 | | assigned to the Washington, D.C. Field Office, she pursued | 8 | | advanced training in counterintelligence activities; in August | 9 | | of 2013, she transferred to the Far East Field Office in | 10 | | Yokosuka, Japan to work on counterintelligence operations and | 11 | | investigations; she later moved to the Northeast Field Office | 12 | | in Great Lakes in June of 2014; while in Great Lakes, she was | 13 | | assigned to the Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Force, where she | 14 | | served as a Task Force Officer with the Federal Bureau of | 15 | | Investigation working sensitive counterterrorism | 16 | | investigations in the United States; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jewel Kelley was the loving mother of Bryson | 18 | | Harper Smith; the sister of Gail, Dail, Linda, Rosie, Sharon, | 19 | | Lou Stella, Albert, Marvin, Melvin, Jesse Jr., and Jeffery; and | 20 | | the aunt, cousin, niece, and friend of many; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Jewel Kelley's contributions to the safety and | 22 | | security of both military and civilian personnel in the United | 23 | | States and abroad cannot be overstated and she will be dearly |
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| 1 | | missed by those who had the privilege of knowing her; | 2 | | therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 6 | | Jewel Veronica Kelley; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Jewel Kelley as an expression of our | 9 | | sympathy.
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