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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
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