Full Text of HR0399 103rd 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 Lillian | 4 | | Mary Cherry of Chicago, who passed away on July 19, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Cherry was born to Elise and Willie | 6 | | Jarvis Sr. in Chicago on January 31, 1925; she graduated from | 7 | | Dusable High School; she married Ervin Cherry on January 29, | 8 | | 1950; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Cherry attended Holy Angels Catholic | 10 | | Church, where she participated in many events and enjoyed | 11 | | volunteering; she was a longtime member of the Blessed | 12 | | Sacrament Society; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Cherry was an avid traveler; more than | 14 | | anything, she enjoyed spending time with her family; every | 15 | | year, she looked forward to the holidays and the Cherry Family | 16 | | Reunion, where she could visit with all of the family at one | 17 | | time; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Cherry was preceded in death by her | 19 | | husband; her parents; her brothers, Willie Jarvis Jr. and | 20 | | Wyatt Jarvis; and her cousin, Dolores Payne; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Cherry is survived by her children, | 2 | | Elsie, Sybil, Delores, Denise, Robbin, Darlene, Sylvia, and | 3 | | Marc; her grandchildren, Eddie, Stevie, Gene, Jerry, Patrice, | 4 | | Lisa, Tanya, Antoinette, Cheney, Donald, Dujuan, Angela, | 5 | | Thomasine, Lillian, Shenelle, Robin, Rayshawn, Jaunnine, | 6 | | Jasmine, Timmie Jr., Todd, Stephon, and Tamara; her | 7 | | great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren;
her | 8 | | brothers, Sam Jarvis and Russell Jarvis; her sister, Nola | 9 | | Buford; and her goddaughter, Georgetta Williams; therefore, be | 10 | | it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we mourn the passing of
Lillian Mary Cherry and extend our | 14 | | sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 15 | | and loved
her; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 17 | | presented to the family of Lillian Cherry as an expression of
| 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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