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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 Valerie Shavers of Chicago |
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| on April 26, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Shavers, also known as "Cakes" and "Val", was |
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| born in Chicago on
June 13, 1962, to Mozell Shavers and Dan |
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| Delaney; she was the third of four children; and
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| WHEREAS, She attended Herzl Elementary School and Richard |
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| T. Crane High School; she worked a variety of jobs, and her |
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| most recent place of employment was at Wilma Rudolph Learning |
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| Center where she worked in Food Services; she always smiled |
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| when greeting people when she walked into the building and had |
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| a great love for her co-workers; and
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| WHEREAS, She opened her heart and shared whatever she had |
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| with anyone who needed assistance; her home was an open door to |
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| many who had no place to go; she cared about everyone, |
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| especially children; she loved life and lived it to the |
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| fullest; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Valerie Shavers was felt by all who |
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| knew and loved her, especially her husband, J.C. Halums; her |
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| children, James Shavers (Kimberley), Melanie Shavers, and |
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| Jerome Shavers; her mother, Mozell Shavers; her sisters, Valeda |
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| Shavers and Charnell Shavers (Edward); her brother, Daryl L. |
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| Shavers (Lucy); her grandchildren, Jamesha Shavers, Rashad |
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| Johnson, and Charles Montgomery; her father, Dan Delaney Jr.; |
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| her sisters and brothers, Valerie King (Thomas), Donna Delaney, |
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| Marsh Delaney, Jarvis Delaney, Ruth Mae Young, Patricia |
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| Delaney, and Ronald Delaney;
her aunts and uncles, Katie |
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| Lindsey (Arthur), Velma Shavers (Robert), Ralph Shavers, |
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| Vernon Shavers (Alexandria), Mark Shavers (Yvonne), Delores |
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| Shavers, and Elnora Haralson (James); her godmother, Mrs. |