Full Text of SR0027 94th General Assembly
SR0027 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 regret of the death of Katherine C. Crawford of | 4 |
| Maywood on Tuesday, January 25, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, on | 6 |
| November 13, 1966, to Robert and Florene Crawford; she moved to | 7 |
| Chicago at the age of five with her mother and her brother; she | 8 |
| was raised by her mother and stepfather, William Donaldson; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine graduated from Crane High School in | 10 |
| 1985; she also attended cosmetology school in Oak Park; and
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| WHEREAS, She was baptized at the age of nine at Greater | 12 |
| Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, where she has been a | 13 |
| member since; upon joining the church, Katherine quickly became | 14 |
| a member of the youth choir, then moved into the young adult | 15 |
| choir; she was an active member in her church until she became | 16 |
| ill; she had been suffering with kidney failure for 13 years; | 17 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Katherine C. Crawford has been | 19 |
| deeply felt by many, especially her parents, William and | 20 |
| Florene Donaldson; her brothers, William (Lillian) Goodin and | 21 |
| Jerome (Mary) Crawford; her sister, Sharon Crawford; her | 22 |
| special aunts, Lorraine Henderson, Gladys Everett, and Lisa | 23 |
| Jackson; her uncle, Tom Dansby; her special nieces, Chirtsie, | 24 |
| Jasmine, Shante, Tysheanna, and Ikea; her nephew, Lashon | 25 |
| Crawford; her cousins, Ronnie and Rodie, the Everett family, | 26 |
| Sonia Almore, Janis Almore, Jasmine Everett, Angela Almore, | 27 |
| Thelma Rouse, Michael Rouse, Tia Rouse, Mesha Rouse, Lora | 28 |
| Wallace, Willie Wallace, Marcus Wallace, Gregory Wallace, and | 29 |
| Joyce and Joseph Ash and family; her many other relatives and | 30 |
| friends; she was preceded in death by her grandparents, | 31 |
| Margarite Smith Dansby and Tom Dansby; her nephew, Jerome |
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| Crawford Jr.; and her uncle, Homer Smith; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 |
| Katherine C. Crawford, who was taken from this life at much too | 5 |
| young an age, and we extend our deepest sympathy to her family, | 6 |
| friends, and all who knew and loved her; 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 sincerest | 9 |
| condolences during their time of bereavement.
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