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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Charlene 
4Louise Willis, who passed away on September 16, 2020; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Charlene Willis was born to Ethel Louise and Mack 
6Charles Moore; she graduated from East St. Louis Senior High 
7School in 1963 and married Curtis Galloway Jr. the following 
8year; she later married Pressgo Willis; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Charlene Willis worked for the United States 
10Civil Service Commission in the Office of Personnel Management 
11from 1969 until 1994; as a Black woman, she  faced racism and 
12discrimination throughout her career; after three years of 
13retirement, she returned to the workforce as an employee of 
14the private consulting firm Alsip, Incorporated; in 2000, she 
15worked for the United States Census Bureau as a field 
16operations supervisor    for the 2000 census; in 2001,  she began 
17working as an adjudicator for the Illinois Department of 
18Employment Security (IDES), where  she was soon promoted to the 
19role of supervisor; she was promoted again to the role of  
20manager of the IDES East Saint Louis office; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Charlene Willis attended Rising Star Missionary 
22Baptist Church in her formative years and joined the Junior 
 
 
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1and Intermediate choirs and served on the program committee; 
2after a ten year absence, she returned to Rising Star; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Charlene Willis was a mentor and a story teller; 
4she was beautiful and smart and loved to read; she was a  deeply 
5spiritual person; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Charlene Willis was preceded in death by her 
7parents, Ethel Louise and Mack Charles Moore; her husband, 
8Pressgo Willis; her two brothers, Raymon Lee Moore and Bernard 
9Charles Moore; and her sister, Brenda Kaye Moore; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Charlene Willis is survived by her son, Curtis 
11Darryl; her daughter, Pamela Charlene; her grandchildren, 
12Anthony Charles, Angela, Angelita, Shayla, Amber, Pamela 
13(Muffin), Curtis Jr., and Tayanna; her 12 great- 
14grandchildren; her sisters, Ethel Marie Samuel and Bernice 
15Moore Crues; her nieces, Kimberly Marie Samuel and Chandra and 
16Charice Moore; and her nephews, Michael (Valencia), Kelvin 
17(Sabrina), and Darrin Curtis Samuel; therefore, be it
  
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
19HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
20we mourn the passing of Charlene Louise Willis and extend our 
21sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew 
22and loved her; and be it further
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

2presented to the family of Charlene Willis as an expression of

3our deepest sympathy.