Bill Text: IL SR0839 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Tamer Lee Lois Williams Gonzalez of Chicago.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2026-06-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR0839 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SR0839-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
to learn of the death of Tamer Lee Lois Williams Gonzalez of
Chicago, who passed away on April 11, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez was born to Cassiette and
Christopher Williams in Peoria on July 19, 1991; she attended
the Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Center in Peoria; as a
child, she took ballet and tap lessons and participated in
softball; after relocating to Champaign, she entered second
grade at Holy Cross Catholic School before transferring to Dr.
Howard Elementary School; she began learning the violin and
attended summer music camps at the University of Illinois; she
was selected for the gifted program within Champaign Unit 4
School District; she played the piano and violin by the time
she was eight years old, and she eventually learned how to play
the harp, viola, and clarinet, mastering every instrument by
6th grade; she accompanied her mother to the University of
Illinois Black Chorus classes, where she developed as a singer
by studying the songs being performed; and
WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez relocated to Chicago on August
12, 2004; she joined the new music program at St. Sabina
Academy, where she received the Kuumba Award; she completed
her freshman year at John Marshall High School, where she took

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piano and choir classes; during her high school career, she
was an active participant in After School Matters with the HHW
Ensemble, and she was featured in Ebony and JET magazines and
the Chicago Defender; she graduated from Hyde Park Academy and
the Merit School of Music in 2009; and
WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez enrolled as a music major at
Valparaiso University in Indiana, where her professors
encouraged her to sing instead of playing the violin, and she
left the university and took classes at a community college;
she became a mother to her son, Jordan-Amman Isiah
West-Williams, on November 20, 2011; she continued auditioning
for larger music venues, and her last audition for The Voice
was the final time she attempted to sing for a popular
television program; she married DeAndre "Dre" X, and they
divorced after her health began to fail; she later married
Milton Gonzalez in March 2024; and
WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez committed to her faith at an
early age, and she was baptized at St. Martin de Porres
Catholic Church in Peoria; while residing in Champaign, she
attended The Church of the Living God, where she played the
violin, specifically Suzuki songs, at the beginning of church
services and sang in the children's choir for six years; after
moving to Chicago, she began attending Saturday mass at Saint
Sabina Church and Sunday service at St. Mark AME Zion Church

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until after she became a mother; and
WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez was a dedicated volunteer in
her community, a gifted musician and singer, and a beloved
daughter, mother, and wife; and
WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez was preceded in death by her
grandmother, Madeline Boney West, and her godparents, Sam Polk
and Jean Polk; and
WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez is survived by her parents,
Cassiette West-Williams and Christopher R. Williams; her son,
Jordan-Amman Isiah "JA" West-Williams; her husband, Milton
Gonzalez; her favorite paternal cousin, Heather Raymo; her
favorite female maternal cousin, Delia West; her favorite male
cousins, Jordan West and Amman West; and her aunts, uncles,
cousins, relatives, neighbors from the 76th Street Cregier
Block, and friends; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
Tamer Lee Lois Williams Gonzalez and extend our sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

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presented to the family of Tamer Lee Gonzalez as an expression
of our deepest sympathy.