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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Charlotte Helena Goss of Chicago, who 
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passed away on July 21, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born on September 13, 1943 in Brooklyn, 
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New York; her parents were Ella Marie and James Franklin 
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Williams, Jr.; she attended grammar and high school in Brooklyn 
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and the College of New Rochelle in New York with a full 
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academic scholarship;   she received her Master's of Science from 
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Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. from the University of 
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Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She married William Goss on August 31, 1969 and 
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they moved to Chicago, making their home in Hyde Park; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She taught high school science classes and 
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childhood development courses at various colleges in the City 
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of Chicago; she was also an instructor at the University of 
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Chicago, Perdue University, the University of the District of 
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Columbia, and the City Colleges of Chicago; she worked as a 
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consultant for the City of Chicago and the head-start programs; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, She founded Heritage Enterprises in 1989; 
 


 






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Heritage Enterprises specialized in multi-media learning 
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materials for children; she also served as a resource for the 
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Henry Booth House; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She loved gardening, with her flowers in the front 
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of the house and a variety of vegetables in her backyard; she 
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loved to travel and made trips to various sites in the 
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Carribean, Europe, and Africa; she loved music of all 
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varieties; and she loved life and her family; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Charlotte Goss was preceded in death by her 
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grandfather, Fitz Roy Daniel; her grandmother, Dolores Daniel; 
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her father, James Williams, Jr.; her uncles, James Jacob, 
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Franklin Peterson, Festus Daniel, and William Daniel; and her 
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best friend, Maude Rawlins; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Charlotte Goss is survived by her mother, Ella 
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Williams; her brother, George Williams; her husband, William 
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Goss; her children, Maisha Goss-Johns (Micardo Johns), Zuri 
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Goss, Salah Malaika Goss, and Rasanah Goss; her granddaughter, 
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Mariah; her "sister", Erma Drumgoole; and a close circle of 
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family and friends; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Charlotte Helena Goss; 
 


 






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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Charlotte Helena Goss as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.