Illinois HR 533: MEMORIAL-JOSEPH CALDWELL

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HR0533LRB104 16053 ECR 29320 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Joseph 

4Caldwell of Chicago, who passed away on October 14, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Joseph Caldwell was born to Florence Wilson 

6Walker and Joe Nathan Caldwell in Marvell, Arkansas on 

7December 19, 1932; he committed to his faith at an early age 

8and was baptized at New Light Baptist Church in Marvell; he 

9attended Tate High School, where he played baseball and boxed, 

10while sharecropping with his family; and

11 WHEREAS, Joseph Caldwell moved to Chicago at the age of 

1216, attending Wells High School and working at a mattress 

13factory at night; he assisted his family during the cotton 

14picking season in 1950, returning to Chicago in 1951; he 

15served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, 

16where he was stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base and was 

17deployed to Casablanca, Morocco, earning the rank of corporal 

18and being discharged in 1954; he completed an 18-month course 

19at Metropolitan School of Tailoring in 1956, earning the rank 

20of master custom tailor; he married Barbara Jean King in 1958; 

21he later studied business at the Illinois Institute of 

22Technology in 1959 and finished his education at Marion 

23Business College in 1960; and

HR0533- 2 -LRB104 16053 ECR 29320 r

1 WHEREAS, Joseph Caldwell and his business partners, 

2Celious Henderson, Richard Phillips, and Esley Williams, 

3opened Tailorite Complete Clothing Care Company in 1956; 

4together, they grew the company into one that has served some 

5of Chicago's most famous and influential people and entities, 

6including Reverend Jesse Jackson, Mayor Haro