Full Text of SR0833 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Ozzie Mitchell of Joliet, who passed away | 4 | | on November 4, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ozzie Mitchell was born in Millry, Alabama to | 6 | | Charles and Ruth (May) Mitchell; he graduated from Koenton High | 7 | | School and attended St. Petersburg College; he settled in | 8 | | Joliet in 1969; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ozzie Mitchell retired from Caterpillar Inc. in | 10 | | 1999 following 30 years of dedicated service; he was also a | 11 | | former police officer in Miami, Florida; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Beginning in 1969, Ozzie Mitchell was the | 13 | | executive director of the Peter Claver Center, which provided | 14 | | tutoring, food baskets, Christmas for Tots, a food pantry, | 15 | | youth mentoring programs, job placement, and a training | 16 | | facility for inner city youth; he founded the Shorei go ju | 17 | | Martial Arts Academy and was a sensei and an international | 18 | | martial arts instructor; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Ozzie Mitchell was preceded in death by his | 20 | | parents; his son, Derrick Mitchell; his sisters, Ollie Johnson | 21 | | and Dolly Myers; his brother, Charles "Bud" Mitchell; and his |
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| 1 | | brothers-in-law, San Myers, Jimmy Johnson, and Samuel | 2 | | Washington; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Ozzie Mitchell is survived by his wife of 50 | 4 | | years, Peggy (Williams) Mitchell; his children, Ozzie Mitchell | 5 | | Jr., Zena Mitchell, Nicole Davis, Nancy Edmonds, and Marcus | 6 | | Mitchell; his brothers, Riley (Linda) and Jerry Mitchell; his | 7 | | sisters, Bertha Washington, Janie (Cleophus) Stephens, and | 8 | | Edith (Carl) Lyles; numerous grandchildren, | 9 | | great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews; and an extended | 10 | | family of friends and loved ones; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Ozzie Mitchell and extend our sincere condolences to his | 14 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Ozzie Mitchell as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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