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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Dolores Shirley Sellers Williams; and
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4 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Williams was born in Chicago to Iona |
5 | | Morgan Sellers Brunson and Tommy Sellers on April
1, 1930; she |
6 | | grew up on the West Side of Chicago and attended
Grant Tennyson |
7 | | Elementary School and Lucy Flowers High School; she was a |
8 | | member of St. Stephens AME
Church and married Richard Williams |
9 | | Sr. on October 31,
1950; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Williams worked as a parent community |
11 | | representative for the local school system for
over 25 years; |
12 | | and |
13 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Williams was affectionately known as |
14 | | "Doe" and enjoyed telling jokes to her family and friends; she |
15 | | fostered many children in the
neighborhood with meals, trips to |
16 | | her country home in
Cassopolis, and with the sharing of wise |
17 | | words; she had a passion for nature and gardening, and loved |
18 | | planting flowers, fruits,
and vegetables; she enjoyed fishing |
19 | | trips with her aunt,
Juanita, and spending time with her |
20 | | grandchildren; she attended every birthday, graduation, |
21 | | ceremony, and
celebration; and
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1 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Williams and Richard enjoyed taking |
2 | | family trips to places such as San
Diego, Lake Ivanhoe in |
3 | | Wisconsin, and Cassopolis, Michigan; and
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4 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Williams was preceded in death by her |
5 | | husband of 66 years, Richard; her father, Tommy Sellers; her |
6 | | mother, Iona Morgan Sellers Brunson; her
siblings, Carlos, |
7 | | Donald, Barbara, Arlene, and Pierre; her daughter, Deborah
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8 | | Jackson; and her granddaughter, Dianna Jackson; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Williams is survived by her sister, |
10 | | Jeanette Rawls; her aunt,
Juanita Kato; her sister-in-law, |
11 | | Minnie Brown; her daughter, Sheila Dorns; her sons, Tyrone
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12 | | (Janice), Richard Jr., Kevin (Victoria), Keith
(Pamela), and |
13 | | Vincent (Suzanne) Williams; her grandchildren, Nolentha
(Eric) |
14 | | Nichols, Ru-Grandi (Anitri) Dorns, Jareal, Sheverta, Deonna, |
15 | | Bobby,
Draper, Jarmoyne (Michael) Brandon, Dominique Duncan, |
16 | | Delores "Mariah",
Keith II, Guy, Robin, Richard J. (Yolanda), |
17 | | Jeremy, Lauren, Lorina
(Ebony) Nichols, Camella, Elizabeth |
18 | | (Bruce) Kelley, Vincent II, Emily, Antione,
and Donyella; 15 |
19 | | great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews and extended
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20 | | family members, Kim (Michael) Powell, Bernard Wolfe Jr., |
21 | | Charisse "Sherry"
Wolfe, Adrena Williams, Heurton II, Kenneth, |
22 | | Lynn, and Tony Brown, Leon,
Aaron, Rhoda, and Elaine Williams, |
23 | | Willie, Donald, Pat, and Andy Box, and Edwina
(Anthony) McGee; |
24 | | and her best friends, Mildred Hill, Helene Goss, and Johnnie |