Full Text of HR0273 95th General Assembly
HR0273 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate Geraldine "Travis" Hooten | 4 |
| on her retirement from the City of Chicago Department of Human | 5 |
| Services; and
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| WHEREAS, Geraldine Hooten was born in Greenwood, | 7 |
| Mississippi on April 16, 1937; her parents were Ellis Travis, | 8 |
| Sr. and Elnora Wilson Travis; and
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| WHEREAS, She moved to Chicago in 1940; she married Wilbert | 10 |
| Hooten, Sr., on June 5, 1954 and together they had five | 11 |
| children, Denise, Wilbert, Jr., Derrel, Avis, and Michael; and
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| WHEREAS, Geraldine Hooten began working with the City of | 13 |
| Chicago Department of Human Services in 1965; in 1988 she | 14 |
| received a Certificate of National Merit from the National | 15 |
| Recognition Program of the United States Department of Housing | 16 |
| and Urban Development; and
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| WHEREAS, Geraldine Hooten has resided at the Pioneer | 18 |
| Village Phase IV apartments for 19 years; she is been an active | 19 |
| member of South Park Baptist Church since 1972; she is a member | 20 |
| of the Walter Thornton Memorial Auxiliary; she is an honorary | 21 |
| member of Usher Board No. 2; and she volunteered to assist with |
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| the Katrina Relief Project hosted by her church; Geraldine | 2 |
| loves cooking for her church, her family, and her friends; and | 3 |
| she loves the Lord and is a blessing to those she meets; and
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| WHEREAS, Geraldine Hooten retired from the City of Chicago | 5 |
| Department of Human Services in 2003 after 38 years of service; | 6 |
| she served on the Chicago Community on Urban Development "War | 7 |
| on Poverty Program"; she served the Department of Human | 8 |
| Services as Community Representative Recruiter, a Urban Life | 9 |
| Interviewer, and an Emergency Services Worker/Crisis | 10 |
| Intervention; she also was a dispatcher working with the | 11 |
| sanitation, fire, and police Departments; and she worked as a | 12 |
| Social Service Assistant providing counseling and referral | 13 |
| services for emergencies; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| congratulate Geraldine "Travis" Hooten on her retirement from | 17 |
| the City of Chicago Department of Human Services and wish her | 18 |
| continued good fortune in her future endeavors; and be it | 19 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to Geraldine Hooten as a symbol of our respect.
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