Bill Text: IL SR0798 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Charles Dukes Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-03-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR0798 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0798-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Charles Dukes Jr., who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | January 16, 2024; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Charles Dukes was born to Charles and Ada L. | ||||||
| 6 | Dukes in Chicago on May 29, 1949; he graduated from Dunbar | ||||||
| 7 | Vocational High School in Chicago in 1968; he earned a | ||||||
| 8 | Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Relations from Alabama A&M | ||||||
| 9 | University in Huntsville, Alabama; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Charles Dukes began his 37-year federal | ||||||
| 11 | contracting career with the U.S. Department of the Army at the | ||||||
| 12 | Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, and he was later | ||||||
| 13 | reassigned to the Rock Island Arsenal in Rock Island, | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois; he transferred to the Defense Logistics Agency in | ||||||
| 15 | Chicago, where he served as deputy for small business for many | ||||||
| 16 | years; he then joined the Department of Veterans Affairs | ||||||
| 17 | National Acquisition Center as a member of the management | ||||||
| 18 | team; before retiring, he transferred to the General Services | ||||||
| 19 | Administration, where he performed contracting activities for | ||||||
| 20 | federal agencies procuring complex information technology | ||||||
| 21 | systems; he was a respected and beloved co-worker and friend | ||||||
| 22 | to many; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Charles Dukes was a consummate entrepreneur, | ||||||
| 2 | owning many businesses over the years, including a laundromat, | ||||||
| 3 | a parking garage, and cabs dispatched out of the Peoples Cab | ||||||
| 4 | Company; after retirement, he owned a construction company | ||||||
| 5 | with his partner and friend, Abel Saenz; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Charles Dukes was baptized in the Baptist faith, | ||||||
| 7 | but he attended St. Eulalia Catholic Church with his wife; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Charles Dukes' kind and compassionate nature was | ||||||
| 9 | highlighted by the care he provided to his family in their time | ||||||
| 10 | of need; he was a wonderful father to his children, never | ||||||
| 11 | saying "no" to their requests, and he was proud of their | ||||||
| 12 | individual accomplishments; he loved his wife, children, and | ||||||
| 13 | family unconditionally; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Charles Dukes was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 15 | parents and his brothers, Marshall, Tony, Rodney, and Robert; | ||||||
| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Charles Dukes is survived by his wife, Gay; his | ||||||
| 18 | sisters, Gloria and Diane; his children, Charles, Felicia, | ||||||
| 19 | William (Dana), and Lindsey; his grandchildren, Jahazz, | ||||||
| 20 | Ashley, Amber, Christopher, Sheldon, Aaron, and Tamia; his | ||||||
| 21 | special nephews, Dujuan, Terrance, and Robert; his special | ||||||
| 22 | friends, Lawrence Bogus and Shirley (John) Robinson; numerous | ||||||
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| 1 | cousins, nieces, and nephews; the Hanson family; the McGee | ||||||
| 2 | family; and many friends; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 5 | Charles Dukes Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 6 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 7 | further
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