HR0243 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Nathalie Ann Johnson, who passed away on March 23, 2011; and

WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson was born on July 19, 1930, in Chicago; her parents were Angelina Ledoux and Ernest Leufroy; she married James D. Johnson, Sr.; and

WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson began her formal education in New Orleans, Louisiana; she later attended Brownell Elementary, Parker High School, and Englewood High School in Chicago; she subsequently earned her associate's degree from Loop College; and

WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson was employed as a secretary for numerous corporations for many years; she was also employed with the City of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson was an active member of her community; she was a member of Breadbasket (now P.U.S.H.) and recommended the name to the Skills Bank Group at the time; she served as secretary of the Stony Island Park Civic Association and as recording secretary of the South East Community Organization; she was a member of the CVS, Caldwell-MacDowell, and South Shore PTAs; she was also a member of the Leadershiup Institute, the National Black Political Convention, the Community Resource Council, the Children's Foundation, the Women of Ekwefi, the Steering Committee of the Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the Afro-American Voters Alliance, the Citizen Information Service, the League of Black Women, the Lu Palmer Foundation, the "Black Express" Board of Coalition of Affirmative Action Policy, Erheard Seminar Training, the Shule ya Watoto Council Resource, the House of the Black Madonna, and Diaspora Spirit, as well as a soup kitchen and a suicide hotline; and

WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson enjoyed swimming, travelling throughout the world, and volunteering for numerous local, national, and international causes; and

WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her son, James D. Johnson, Jr.; and her brother, Warren "Cookie" Leufroy; and

WHEREAS, Nathalie Ann Johnson is survived by her children, John E. Patterson and Angela Morris; her daughter-in-law, Alexis; her brother, Ambrose "Harry" Leufroy-Tyner; her grandchildren, Angel D. Jones, Rekia R.M. Jones, Zachary W. Morris, Jr., Joshua Patterson, and Jacob Gartner; her great-granddaughters, Angel M. Davis and Imani R. Jones; her great-great-granddaughter, Aja M. Thomas; her nephews, Harry, Jr., Larry, and Edward Tyner; her many cousins; and the many members of her international surrogate family; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Nathalie Ann Johnson; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Nathalie Ann Johnson as an expression of our sympathy.