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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Jesse I. Elston Jr., who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on December 29, 2024; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Jesse Elston was born in Chicago to Jesse and | ||||||
| 6 | Corrine Elston on August 1, 1946; while young, he was a member | ||||||
| 7 | of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Chicago and attended Forestville | ||||||
| 8 | Elementary School; he graduated from Dunbar High School in | ||||||
| 9 | Chicago; he served in the United States Navy and received an | ||||||
| 10 | Honorable Discharge on January 10, 1969; he married Cassandra | ||||||
| 11 | Ward Holbert in August 2018; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Jesse Elston worked at the Calumet City Library; | ||||||
| 13 | and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Jesse Elston was a devoted and loving husband, | ||||||
| 15 | father, brother, uncle, grandfather, and friend; he loved his | ||||||
| 16 | family, his work and church families, and all the Calumet City | ||||||
| 17 | and Thornton Township community; he enjoyed bid whist, | ||||||
| 18 | watching football, traveling whenever possible, and barbequing | ||||||
| 19 | with his bottle of Hennessy VSOP Privilege Cognac and a can of | ||||||
| 20 | Miller's next to him; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Jesse Elston's love for others drove him to | ||||||
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| 1 | always be there, whether volunteering for neighborhood or | ||||||
| 2 | political events or delivering flowers and balloons on | ||||||
| 3 | Valentine Day to the women at his job and throughout other | ||||||
| 4 | areas of Calumet City; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Jesse Elston was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 6 | parents; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Jesse Elston is survived by his wife, Cassandra | ||||||
| 8 | Elston; his sister, Jacqueline Rivera; his stepdaughter, | ||||||
| 9 | Yolanda Charis Holbert; his daughters, Ericka (Terrell) | ||||||
| 10 | Jackso, Jasmyne Frowner, Kellie Avery, Ericka Abraham, and | ||||||
| 11 | Kaneesha Grooms; his sons, Roderick Elston, Marquette Elston, | ||||||
| 12 | and Anthony Calloway; and numerous extended family members, | ||||||
| 13 | friends, and community; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Jesse I. Elston Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 17 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Jesse Elston as an expression of our | ||||||
| 21 | deepest sympathy. | ||||||