File #: 15-1316    Version: 1 Name: QUIANA KARI WHITTLER MARTIN CLEVELAND
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 1/20/2015 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 1/21/2015 Final action: 1/21/2015
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF QUIANA KARI WHITTLER MARTIN CLEVELAND JOHN 14:1-3: (1)Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.(2)In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (3)And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. WHEREAS, Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom has called Quiana Kari Whittler Martin Cleveland from our midst on January 8, 2015; and WHEREAS, Quiana leaves to cherish her memory her husband Thomas Cleveland III of Houston, Texas; two children Caleb Thomas and Gabriela Noel of Houston, Texas, and her beloved parents Anthony M. Martin, Sr. and Zelda R. Whittler Martin; and WHEREAS, Quiana was born on December 5, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois to the union of Anthony M. Martin, Sr. and Zelda Whittler Martin, their only child, warmly known as "KiKi" by family and f...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), DEBORAH SIMS, LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF QUIANA KARI WHITTLER MARTIN CLEVELAND

JOHN 14:1-3: (1)Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.(2)In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (3)And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

WHEREAS, Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom has called Quiana Kari Whittler Martin Cleveland from our midst on January 8, 2015; and

WHEREAS, Quiana leaves to cherish her memory her husband Thomas Cleveland III of Houston, Texas; two children Caleb Thomas and Gabriela Noel of Houston, Texas, and her beloved parents Anthony M. Martin, Sr. and Zelda R. Whittler Martin; and

WHEREAS, Quiana was born on December 5, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois to the union of Anthony M. Martin, Sr. and Zelda Whittler Martin, their only child, warmly known as "KiKi" by family and friends, grew up in Markham, Illinois; and

WHEREAS, at the age of 12, Quiana gave her life to Christ at Bel-Aire M.B. Church in Markham, Illinois and was a member until she relocated to Houston, Texas where she joined with Southwest Community Church. In 2011, she united with Brookhollow Church Without Walls, also located in Houston, Texas; and

WHEREAS, at 10 years old, she cut out a newspaper clipping of a job listing for an architectural engineer (that included salary) and proudly declared her career choice which she achieved through intelligence, determination and hard work; and

WHEREAS, Quiana attended the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL and completed internships as Research Assistant and an Engineering Technician. She also studied abroad at the University of Fortaleza in Fortaleza Ceara, Brazil and received numerous honors and awards including: Presidential Scholar Award, Will County farm Bureau Scholar, APWA Continuing Education Scholar and was inducted ...

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