Memorial Resolution for Louise Jennings
WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that the members of this chamber learned of the departure of Louise Jennings on January 25, 2018 at the Villa at Evergreen Park Nursing Home; and
WHEREAS, This esteemed body has been notified of her passing by the Honorable Toni L. Foulkes, Alderman of the 16th Ward; and
WHEREAS, Louise was bom on July 10, 1934, to the late Annie Lee Crocket Montgomery and Roy Montgomery, in Casscoe, Arkansas. She was the fourth of ten children; she had three brothers and six sisters; and
WHEREAS, She attended Immanuel High School in Almyra, Arkansas. In 1952, after high school she moved to Chicago, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Louise married her high school sweetheart, Willie Lee Jennings, Sr. on February 7, 1953, and they were married for sixty-four wonderful years. To this blessed union were born six children: Gloria, Willie, Jr., Michael, Dorlene, Carvel and David; and
WHEREAS, Louise was a very spiritual person, studying the bible with Jehovah's Witnesses. She was baptized in 1966; and
WHEREAS, Louise Jennings leaves to cherish her memory her devoted husband, Willie, Sr.; daughters Gloria and Dorlene (Charles); sons, Willie, Jr., Michael, Carvel and David; four sisters; fifteen grandchildren; eleven great-grandsons; eight great-great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and friends; and
WHEREAS, Louise was preceded in death by her parents, Annie Lee Crocket Montgomery and Roy Montgomery; three brothers and two sisters; and
WHEREAS, Louise touched the lives of all who knew her with her caring of family and friends. She will be greatly missed, but the memory of her character will live on in those who knew and loved her; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, gathered here this twenty-eighth day of February, 2018, do hereby express our sorrow on the passing of Louise Jennings and extend to her family our sincere condolences.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to the family of Louise Jennings as a sign of our sympathy.