Full Text of SR0901 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Patricia Nelson, who passed away on | 4 | | March 5, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Nelson was born to Wilbert Sr. and | 6 | | Beulah Mae Jones on July 1, 1948; after her father's passing, | 7 | | her mother married Morris "Big Floyd" Floyd, who developed a | 8 | | special bond with his new daughter; she attended Medill | 9 | | Elementary School and graduated from Flower Vocational High | 10 | | School, where she was involved in many different | 11 | | extracurricular activities, including student council; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Nelson married Wesley Nelson Jr. on | 13 | | March 14, 1970, and they moved to St. Louis, Missouri, from | 14 | | which they returned to Chicago in 1973; except for her brief | 15 | | moves to California and Missouri, she remained a lifelong | 16 | | resident of Chicago's West Side; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Nelson worked in various industries and | 18 | | capacities, from banks to Zenith to Ryerson Steel; she spent | 19 | | most of her professional life helping and serving the people | 20 | | of Chicago, specifically its senior citizens, as an employee | 21 | | of the City of Chicago's Sewer Department, where she retired | 22 | | in 2004; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Nelson doted on her grandchildren and | 2 | | made sure they knew that she loved them with all her heart; she | 3 | | took great pride in keeping her grandchildren, particularly | 4 | | during their formative years, where she would teach them their | 5 | | ABCs and how to count and take them on excursions; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Nelson enjoyed telling stories about | 7 | | things she had seen and people she had met; she had a keen | 8 | | interest in politics and served as a precinct worker and | 9 | | captain; she was proud of being able to witness the election of | 10 | | the nation's first African American President and Vice | 11 | | President and often spoke proudly of her support of candidates | 12 | | for national office; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Nelson loved her plants, reading, and | 14 | | watching her favorite television shows, such as Chicago P.D., | 15 | | NCIS, and her all-time favorite, Law & Order; as a youngster, | 16 | | she enjoyed music and dancing; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Nelson was preceded in death by her | 18 | | parents; her stepfather, Morris Floyd; her sister, Josephine | 19 | | Moore; and her brother, Michael Jones; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Nelson is survived by her children, | 21 | | Shawn (Marie) and Shivonne (Sen. Elgie) Sims; her |
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| 1 | | grandchildren, Kennedy, Sydney, Mackenzie, and Spencer; her | 2 | | brother, Wilbert Jr.; her sisters, Bertha (Charles) Anderson | 3 | | and Dorothy Davis; her stepbrothers, Morris Floyd Jr. and | 4 | | Gregory Floyd; and numerous aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, | 5 | | and friends; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Patricia Nelson and extend our sincere condolences to her | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Patricia Nelson as an expression of | 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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