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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Katherine C. Crawford of |
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| Maywood on Tuesday, January 25, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, on |
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| November 13, 1966, to Robert and Florene Crawford; she moved to |
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| Chicago at the age of five with her mother and her brother; she |
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| was raised by her mother and stepfather, William Donaldson; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine graduated from Crane High School in |
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| 1985; she also attended cosmetology school in Oak Park; and
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| WHEREAS, She was baptized at the age of nine at Greater |
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| Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, where she has been a |
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| member since; upon joining the church, Katherine quickly became |
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| a member of the youth choir, then moved into the young adult |
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| choir; she was an active member in her church until she became |
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| ill; she had been suffering with kidney failure for 13 years; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Katherine C. Crawford has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially her parents, William and |
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| Florene Donaldson; her brothers, William (Lillian) Goodin and |
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| Jerome (Mary) Crawford; her sister, Sharon Crawford; her |
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| special aunts, Lorraine Henderson, Gladys Everett, and Lisa |
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| Jackson; her uncle, Tom Dansby; her special nieces, Chirtsie, |
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| Jasmine, Shante, Tysheanna, and Ikea; her nephew, Lashon |
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| Crawford; her cousins, Ronnie and Rodie, the Everett family, |
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| Sonia Almore, Janis Almore, Jasmine Everett, Angela Almore, |
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| Thelma Rouse, Michael Rouse, Tia Rouse, Mesha Rouse, Lora |
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| Wallace, Willie Wallace, Marcus Wallace, Gregory Wallace, and |
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| Joyce and Joseph Ash and family; her many other relatives and |
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| friends; she was preceded in death by her grandparents, |
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| Margarite Smith Dansby and Tom Dansby; her nephew, Jerome |