Full Text of HR0952 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Karen | 4 | | Susan Elmira Johnson Jones, who passed away on September 10, | 5 | | 2022; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Karen Jones was born to Claire Yvonne Johnson and | 7 | | Alfred Lloyd Johnson Sr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on | 8 | | January 12, 1961; she graduated from Saul W.B. Agricultural | 9 | | School in 1978; she earned her Bachelor of Science in | 10 | | Chemistry from Beaver College, known today as Arcadia | 11 | | University, in 1982; she married Glenn Allen Jones in Fort | 12 | | Worth, Texas, and they resided in Gurnee, Illinois; she | 13 | | obtained her MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of | 14 | | Management in 2001; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Karen Jones worked at Abbott Laboratories, a | 16 | | Global Healthcare and Fortune 500 company, for 33 years; she | 17 | | retired as Communications and Quality Operations Program | 18 | | Manager; during her tenure, she received several awards and | 19 | | accolades, and she was a member of several professional | 20 | | organizations and committees; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Karen Jones committed to her faith at a young | 22 | | age; as a child, she was baptized at Pinkett Tabernacle |
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| 1 | | Friendly Methodist Church in North Philadelphia; she was an | 2 | | active member of Turning Point Life Church in Kenosha, | 3 | | Wisconsin; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, For 20 years, Karen Jones served as the CEO of The | 5 | | Chocolate Chip Association, a STEM/STEAM program based in Lake | 6 | | County that has taught thousands of Black and Brown girls | 7 | | worldwide in entrepreneurship, aviation, cooking, performing | 8 | | arts, robotics, and all things STEAM-related; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Karen Jones is survived by her husband of 38 | 10 | | years, Glenn; her children, Glen Alexander, Christopher Owen, | 11 | | and Joy Cassandra; her parents; her brothers, Alfred (Wanda), | 12 | | Jeffrey, Timothy (Calencia), and Caleaf; her granddaughters, | 13 | | Amira and Nylah; her mother-in-law, Bernice Jones; her | 14 | | sister-in-law, Helen Jones; her brothers-in-law, Douglas | 15 | | (Regina) Jones and Lawrence Jones; the Spann Clan; the | 16 | | McAliley's; her special friends, Saundra Dixon, Lenita Spears, | 17 | | Patricia Jones, Betty Peeples, Carla Little, Kimberly Bright, | 18 | | Teresa Brown, Lisa Wilkerson, Trechy Beasley, Kay Kneeland, | 19 | | Astrid Tompkins, Mori Banks, Rose Lewis, and Sheila Banks; and | 20 | | a host of cousins, relatives, family, and friends; therefore, | 21 | | be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 23 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we mourn the passing of Karen Susan Elmira Johnson Jones and | 2 | | extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all | 3 | | who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Karen Jones as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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