Bill Text: IL HR0927 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Shawn Denise Johnson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0927 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0927-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Shawn | ||||||
| 4 | Denise Johnson, a long-time resident of Waukegan, who passed | ||||||
| 5 | away on September 20, 2020; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Shawn Johnson was licensed as an instructor in | ||||||
| 7 | cosmetology and as a nail technician; she was the CEO and | ||||||
| 8 | founder of the Image Beauty Institute, the first and only State | ||||||
| 9 | of Illinois Department of Regulations Nail Technology School in | ||||||
| 10 | Waukegan; opening in December of 2014, the Image Beauty | ||||||
| 11 | Institute has graduated over 30 students who have successfully | ||||||
| 12 | passed the State of Illinois State Board Exam to become | ||||||
| 13 | professionally licensed nail technicians; five of these | ||||||
| 14 | graduates have opened beautiful salons around the Lake County | ||||||
| 15 | area; she also developed, published, and founded the
From Jails | ||||||
| 16 | to Nails Life Management Skills Reentry Program; this | ||||||
| 17 | curriculum-based program helps support individuals with | ||||||
| 18 | non-violent convictions transition back into the community | ||||||
| 19 | after incarceration; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Shawn Johnson will especially be remembered for | ||||||
| 21 | volunteering a great deal of her time to help make the city a | ||||||
| 22 | better place to live not only for herself and her family but | ||||||
| 23 | for women having problems with recidivism and those that lacked | ||||||
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| 1 | employable job skills; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Shawn Johnson is survived by her four children, | ||||||
| 3 | Stephanie, Stephen, TraMane, and Mark;
her six grandchildren; | ||||||
| 4 | her identical twin sister, Dawn Johnson; her oldest sister, | ||||||
| 5 | Charlene Valdez-Simelton; and
her
mother, Ethel Lene Rogers; | ||||||
| 6 | therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 8 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 9 | we mourn the passing of
Shawn Denise Johnson and extend our | ||||||
| 10 | sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
| 11 | and loved
her; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 13 | presented to the family of Shawn Johnson as an expression of
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| 14 | our deepest sympathy.
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