Full Text of SR0845 95th General Assembly
SR0845 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Charlotte Helena Goss of Chicago, who | 4 |
| passed away on July 21, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on September 13, 1943 in Brooklyn, | 6 |
| New York; her parents were Ella Marie and James Franklin | 7 |
| Williams, Jr.; she attended grammar and high school in Brooklyn | 8 |
| and the College of New Rochelle in New York with a full | 9 |
| academic scholarship; she received her Master's of Science from | 10 |
| Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. from the University of | 11 |
| Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, She married William Goss on August 31, 1969 and | 13 |
| they moved to Chicago, making their home in Hyde Park; and
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| WHEREAS, She taught high school science classes and | 15 |
| childhood development courses at various colleges in the City | 16 |
| of Chicago; she was also an instructor at the University of | 17 |
| Chicago, Perdue University, the University of the District of | 18 |
| Columbia, and the City Colleges of Chicago; she worked as a | 19 |
| consultant for the City of Chicago and the head-start programs; | 20 |
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| WHEREAS, She founded Heritage Enterprises in 1989; |
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| Heritage Enterprises specialized in multi-media learning | 2 |
| materials for children; she also served as a resource for the | 3 |
| Henry Booth House; and
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| WHEREAS, She loved gardening, with her flowers in the front | 5 |
| of the house and a variety of vegetables in her backyard; she | 6 |
| loved to travel and made trips to various sites in the | 7 |
| Carribean, Europe, and Africa; she loved music of all | 8 |
| varieties; and she loved life and her family; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Charlotte Goss was preceded in death by her | 10 |
| grandfather, Fitz Roy Daniel; her grandmother, Dolores Daniel; | 11 |
| her father, James Williams, Jr.; her uncles, James Jacob, | 12 |
| Franklin Peterson, Festus Daniel, and William Daniel; and her | 13 |
| best friend, Maude Rawlins; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Charlotte Goss is survived by her mother, Ella | 15 |
| Williams; her brother, George Williams; her husband, William | 16 |
| Goss; her children, Maisha Goss-Johns (Micardo Johns), Zuri | 17 |
| Goss, Salah Malaika Goss, and Rasanah Goss; her granddaughter, | 18 |
| Mariah; her "sister", Erma Drumgoole; and a close circle of | 19 |
| family and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 22 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Charlotte Helena Goss; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to the family of Charlotte Helena Goss as a symbol of | 4 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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