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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Patricia Elizabeth Jones |
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| of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born Patricia Elizabeth Harvey on May 1, |
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| 1941 in Chicago, the second of two children born to Francis and |
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| Odessa (Hale) Harvey; she was educated in the Chicago Public |
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| Schools and the Chicago City Colleges; she married Kenneth L. |
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| Jones in 1976; and
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| WHEREAS, For most of her career, Patricia worked for the |
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| Chicago Housing Authority as a management specialist; she later |
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| worked for several private housing organizations as a housing |
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| manager; she was a member of the National Center
for Housing |
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| Management and was a certified Public Housing Manager; and
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| WHEREAS, She loved animals and she and Kenneth owned two |
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| cats, Cocoa and Missy, and two dogs, Buffy and Sadie; these |
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| pets were her babies; she delighted in remodeling, decorating, |
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| and furnishing their newly purchased home in the Ashburn |
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| neighborhood; shopping for family and friends was another |
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| passion; she spent considerable amounts of time carefully |
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| selecting "the perfect gift" and Christmas was an especially |
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| enjoyable time of the year for her when
a large decorated tree |
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| occupied the living room; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Patricia Elizabeth Jones is felt by |
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| all who knew and loved her, especially her devoted husband, |
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| Kenneth; her sister, Jeanne Chaney and her husband, Richard; |
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| her nephew, Richard Harvey Chaney and his wife, Jacquelyn; her |
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| niece, Jennifer Chaney; her sisters-in-law, Dorothy Connie and |
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| Rebecca Randall; her brothers-in-law, Russell, Gerald, and |
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| Walter; her daughters, Dorothy Phillips (William) and Laura |
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| Strong (Stevie); her six grandchildren; and her many friends; |