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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Elaine |
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| Linear Williams of Calumet City on February 23, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Williams was born October 2, 1940, to Robert |
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| and Lucy Linear in Chicago; she was the youngest of eight
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| siblings; and
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| WHEREAS, She attended Washington Irving Elementary School, |
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| Lucy Flowers High School, and graduated from Governors State |
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| University in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in elementary |
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| education; she taught mentally handicapped children for |
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| several years in the Chicago Public School system; and
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| WHEREAS, She married Johnny Williams in 1968, and they had |
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| two daughters, Nicole Ninette and Johnell Elaine; and
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| WHEREAS, She held careers that were close to her heart; she |
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| worked for the Internal Revenue Service as a Revenue Officer |
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| for almost twenty years, she was an accomplished Real Estate |
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| Agent and Appraiser, and her final career was as a Collections |
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| Agent with Global Collections, Inc.; she was a longtime |
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| resident of the Burnham and Calumet City areas in suburban Cook |
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| County; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her brother, Thomas |
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| Linear; her sister, Doris Jean Linear-Anderson; and her |
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| daughter, Johnell Elaine Williams; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Elaine Linear Williams is felt by |
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| all who knew and loved her, especially her daughter, Nicole |
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| Ninette; her parents, Robert and Lucy Linear; her sisters, Mary |
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| Ellen Segrest and Peggy Ann Burden; her brothers, Lafayette |
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| Linear (Carrie), James Ellis Linear (Ledora), and William |