IL HR0552

Memorial resolution honoring Bettie Jean Jordan, who passed away on November 4, 2025, at age 81

Practiced nursing for more than 30 years with a specialty in dialysis nursing, retiring from Rush Oak Park Hospital after beginning her career at Garfield Park Hospital (later Bethany Hospital) on Chicago's West Side

Co-founded Shir-Bet Beauty Spa in Maywood, working as an esthetician and nail technician

Served as a founding member of We Women, a women's empowerment group, and as membership chairperson for the John Marshall High School Alumni Association

Illinois House of Representatives extends condolences to her surviving sister Shirley Abel, partner of 40 years Ivan Williams, and extended family and friends