MEMORIAL-TAMER LEE GONZALEZ

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SENATE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
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to learn of the death of Tamer Lee Lois Williams Gonzalez of
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Chicago, who passed away on April 11, 2025; and

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WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez was born to Cassiette and
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Christopher Williams in Peoria on July 19, 1991; she attended
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the Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Center in Peoria; as a
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child, she took ballet and tap lessons and participated in
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softball; after relocating to Champaign, she entered second
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grade at Holy Cross Catholic School before transferring to Dr.
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Howard Elementary School; she began learning the violin and
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attended summer music camps at the University of Illinois; she
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was selected for the gifted program within Champaign Unit 4
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School District; she played the piano and violin by the time
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she was eight years old, and she eventually learned how to play
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the harp, viola, and clarinet, mastering every instrument by
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6th grade; she accompanied her mother to the University of
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Illinois Black Chorus classes, where she developed as a singer
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by studying the songs being performed; and

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WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez relocated to Chicago on August
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12, 2004; she joined the new music program at St. Sabina
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Academy, where she received the Kuumba Award; she completed
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her freshman year at John Marshall High School, where she took

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piano and choir classes; during her high school career, she
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was an active participant in After School Matters with the HHW
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Ensemble, and she was featured in Ebony and JET magazines and
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the Chicago Defender; she graduated from Hyde Park Academy and
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the Merit School of Music in 2009; and

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WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez enrolled as a music major at
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Valparaiso University in Indiana, where her professors
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encouraged her to sing instead of playing the violin, and she
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left the university and took classes at a community college;
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she became a mother to her son, Jordan-Amman Isiah
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West-Williams, on November 20, 2011; she continued auditioning
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for larger music venues, and her last audition for The Voice
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was the final time she attempted to sing for a popular
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television program; she married DeAndre "Dre" X, and they
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divorced after her health began to fail; she later married
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Milton Gonzalez in March 2024; and

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WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez committed to her faith at an
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early age, and she was baptized at St. Martin de Porres
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Catholic Church in Peoria; while residing in Champaign, she
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attended The Church of the Living God, where she played the
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violin, specifically Suzuki songs, at the beginning of church
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services and sang in the children's choir for six years; after
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moving to Chicago, she began attending Saturday mass at Saint
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Sabina Church and Sunday service at St. Mark AME Zion Church

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until after she became a mother; and

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WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez was a dedicated volunteer in
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her community, a gifted musician and singer, and a beloved
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daughter, mother, and wife; and

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WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez was preceded in death by her
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grandmother, Madeline Boney West, and her godparents, Sam Polk
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and Jean Polk; and

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WHEREAS, Tamer Lee Gonzalez is survived by her parents,
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Cassiette West-Williams and Christopher R. Williams; her son,
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Jordan-Amman Isiah "JA" West-Williams; her husband, Milton
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Gonzalez; her favorite paternal cousin, Heather Raymo; her
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favorite female maternal cousin, Delia West; her favorite male
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cousins, Jordan West and Amman West; and her aunts, uncles,
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cousins, relatives, neighbors from the 76th Street Cregier
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Block, and friends; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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Tamer Lee Lois Williams Gonzalez and extend our sincere
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condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
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her; 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 Tamer Lee Gonzalez as an expression
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of our deepest sympathy.

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