Bill Text: IL HR0243 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Nathalie Ann Johnson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-05 - Resolution Adopted [HR0243 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0243-Introduced.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Nathalie | ||||||
4 | Ann Johnson, who passed away on March 23, 2011; and
| ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson was born on July 19, 1930, in | ||||||
6 | Chicago; her parents were Angelina Ledoux and Ernest Leufroy; | ||||||
7 | she married James D. Johnson, Sr.; and
| ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson began her formal education in | ||||||
9 | New Orleans, Louisiana; she later attended Brownell | ||||||
10 | Elementary, Parker High School, and Englewood High School in | ||||||
11 | Chicago; she subsequently earned her associate's degree from | ||||||
12 | Loop College; and
| ||||||
13 | WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson was employed as a secretary | ||||||
14 | for numerous corporations for many years; she was also employed | ||||||
15 | with the City of Chicago; and
| ||||||
16 | WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson was an active member of her | ||||||
17 | community; she was a member of Breadbasket (now P.U.S.H.) and | ||||||
18 | recommended the name to the Skills Bank Group at the time; she | ||||||
19 | served as secretary of the Stony Island Park Civic Association | ||||||
20 | and as recording secretary of the South East Community | ||||||
21 | Organization; she was a member of the CVS, Caldwell-MacDowell, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and South Shore PTAs; she was also a member of the Leadershiup | ||||||
2 | Institute, the National Black Political Convention, the | ||||||
3 | Community Resource Council, the Children's Foundation, the | ||||||
4 | Women of Ekwefi, the Steering Committee of the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the Afro-American Voters | ||||||
6 | Alliance, the Citizen Information Service, the League of Black | ||||||
7 | Women, the Lu Palmer Foundation, the "Black Express" Board of | ||||||
8 | Coalition of Affirmative Action Policy, Erheard Seminar | ||||||
9 | Training, the Shule ya Watoto Council Resource, the House of | ||||||
10 | the Black Madonna, and Diaspora Spirit, as well as a soup | ||||||
11 | kitchen and a suicide hotline; and
| ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson enjoyed swimming, travelling | ||||||
13 | throughout the world, and volunteering for numerous local, | ||||||
14 | national, and international causes; and
| ||||||
15 | WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson was preceded in death by her | ||||||
16 | parents; her husband; her son, James D. Johnson, Jr.; and her | ||||||
17 | brother, Warren "Cookie" Leufroy; and
| ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson is survived by her children, | ||||||
19 | John E. Patterson and Angela Morris; her daughter-in-law, | ||||||
20 | Alexis; her brother, Ambrose "Harry" Leufroy-Tyner; her | ||||||
21 | grandchildren, Angel D. Jones, Rekia R.M. Jones, Zachary W. | ||||||
22 | Morris, Jr., Joshua Patterson, and Jacob Gartner; her | ||||||
23 | great-granddaughters, Angel M. Davis and Imani R. Jones; her |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | great-great-granddaughter, Aja M. Thomas; her nephews, Harry, | ||||||
2 | Jr., Larry, and Edward Tyner; her many cousins; and the many | ||||||
3 | members of her international surrogate family; therefore, be it
| ||||||
4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
5 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
6 | we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
7 | Nathalie Ann Johnson; and be it further
| ||||||
8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to the family of Nathalie Ann Johnson as an | ||||||
10 | expression of our sympathy.
|