Bill Text: IL SR0833 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ozzie Mitchell of Joliet.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-14 - Resolution Adopted [SR0833 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0833-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Ozzie Mitchell of Joliet, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on November 4, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ozzie Mitchell was born in Millry, Alabama to | ||||||
| 6 | Charles and Ruth (May) Mitchell; he graduated from Koenton High | ||||||
| 7 | School and attended St. Petersburg College; he settled in | ||||||
| 8 | Joliet in 1969; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Ozzie Mitchell retired from Caterpillar Inc. in | ||||||
| 10 | 1999 following 30 years of dedicated service; he was also a | ||||||
| 11 | former police officer in Miami, Florida; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Beginning in 1969, Ozzie Mitchell was the | ||||||
| 13 | executive director of the Peter Claver Center, which provided | ||||||
| 14 | tutoring, food baskets, Christmas for Tots, a food pantry, | ||||||
| 15 | youth mentoring programs, job placement, and a training | ||||||
| 16 | facility for inner city youth; he founded the Shorei go ju | ||||||
| 17 | Martial Arts Academy and was a sensei and an international | ||||||
| 18 | martial arts instructor; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Ozzie Mitchell was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 20 | parents; his son, Derrick Mitchell; his sisters, Ollie Johnson | ||||||
| 21 | and Dolly Myers; his brother, Charles "Bud" Mitchell; and his | ||||||
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| 1 | brothers-in-law, San Myers, Jimmy Johnson, and Samuel | ||||||
| 2 | Washington; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Ozzie Mitchell is survived by his wife of 50 | ||||||
| 4 | years, Peggy (Williams) Mitchell; his children, Ozzie Mitchell | ||||||
| 5 | Jr., Zena Mitchell, Nicole Davis, Nancy Edmonds, and Marcus | ||||||
| 6 | Mitchell; his brothers, Riley (Linda) and Jerry Mitchell; his | ||||||
| 7 | sisters, Bertha Washington, Janie (Cleophus) Stephens, and | ||||||
| 8 | Edith (Carl) Lyles; numerous grandchildren, | ||||||
| 9 | great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews; and an extended | ||||||
| 10 | family of friends and loved ones; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Ozzie Mitchell and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 14 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Ozzie Mitchell as an expression of | ||||||
| 18 | our deepest sympathy.
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