Full Text of SR0254 94th General Assembly
SR0254 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Valerie Shavers of Chicago | 4 |
| on April 26, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Shavers, also known as "Cakes" and "Val", was | 6 |
| born in Chicago on
June 13, 1962, to Mozell Shavers and Dan | 7 |
| Delaney; she was the third of four children; and
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| WHEREAS, She attended Herzl Elementary School and Richard | 9 |
| T. Crane High School; she worked a variety of jobs, and her | 10 |
| most recent place of employment was at Wilma Rudolph Learning | 11 |
| Center where she worked in Food Services; she always smiled | 12 |
| when greeting people when she walked into the building and had | 13 |
| a great love for her co-workers; and
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| WHEREAS, She opened her heart and shared whatever she had | 15 |
| with anyone who needed assistance; her home was an open door to | 16 |
| many who had no place to go; she cared about everyone, | 17 |
| especially children; she loved life and lived it to the | 18 |
| fullest; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Valerie Shavers was felt by all who | 20 |
| knew and loved her, especially her husband, J.C. Halums; her | 21 |
| children, James Shavers (Kimberley), Melanie Shavers, and | 22 |
| Jerome Shavers; her mother, Mozell Shavers; her sisters, Valeda | 23 |
| Shavers and Charnell Shavers (Edward); her brother, Daryl L. | 24 |
| Shavers (Lucy); her grandchildren, Jamesha Shavers, Rashad | 25 |
| Johnson, and Charles Montgomery; her father, Dan Delaney Jr.; | 26 |
| her sisters and brothers, Valerie King (Thomas), Donna Delaney, | 27 |
| Marsh Delaney, Jarvis Delaney, Ruth Mae Young, Patricia | 28 |
| Delaney, and Ronald Delaney;
her aunts and uncles, Katie | 29 |
| Lindsey (Arthur), Velma Shavers (Robert), Ralph Shavers, | 30 |
| Vernon Shavers (Alexandria), Mark Shavers (Yvonne), Delores | 31 |
| Shavers, and Elnora Haralson (James); her godmother, Mrs. |
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| Mellow Beasly; her goddaughter, Yolanda Bryant; and a host of | 2 |
| relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 |
| Valerie Shavers and extend our sincerest condolences to her | 6 |
| family and friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 9 |
| sympathy.
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