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HOUSE RESOLUTION

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

 

 

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1 Charles Linear (Darnisha); her aunt, Beatrice Hicks; and a
2 multitude of loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and loving
3 friends; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6 we mourn the passing of Elaine Linear Williams and extend to
7 her family and friends our thoughts and prayers during this
8 difficult time; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
11 sympathy.