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92_SR0302
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Anissa Renee Laktzian, who passed away on December 6,
5 2001; and
6 WHEREAS, Anissa Renee Laktzian was born on February 26,
7 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri to George and Janet Whitcomb
8 Laktzian; and
9 WHEREAS, Ms. Laktzian attended elementary and secondary
10 school in Belleville, graduating from Althoff Senior High
11 School in Belleville in 1985; she earned an undergraduate
12 degree from Western Illinois University in 1989; and
13 WHEREAS, After graduating, Ms. Laktzian went to work for
14 the East Side Health District, where she rose to the rank of
15 director; and
16 WHEREAS, Anissa Laktzian was united in Holy Matrimony to
17 Tommy Lee Harris, and to this union was born Bria Janet
18 Laktzian-Harris, a student at Governor French Academy; and
19 WHEREAS, Professing a hope in Christ at an early age, Ms.
20 Laktzian was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in Belleville,
21 as an adult, she became a member of the Pilgrim Tample CME
22 Church in East St. Louis; and
23 WHEREAS, Active in professional and community
24 organizations, Ms. Laktzian was a member of the Metro East
25 Task Force for HIV-AIDS, the Illinois Task Force for
26 Community Planning for HIV-AIDS, and the Regional
27 Implementation Group for Region IV; she also served on a
28 variety of job-related statewide committees, served as a
29 secretary of the East St. Louis Lions Club, and was a life
30 member of the NAACP; and
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1 WHEREAS, The passing of Anissa Renee Laktzian will be
2 deeply felt by all who knew and loved her especially her
3 daughter, Bria; her brother, George Gregory (Edith) Laktzian;
4 her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Laktzian; her grandmother,
5 Annie Mae Johnson; her uncles, Louis (Claire) Laktzian and
6 Willie Whitcomb; her aunts, Lucille Vartanian and Dixie
7 (James) Muse; her fiance, Edgar Finley, Jr.; and a host of
8 other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
9 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
10 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
11 all who knew her, the death of Anissa Renee Laktzian; and be
12 it further
13 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to the family of Anissa Renee Laktzian with our
15 sincere condolences.