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OSF Little Company of Mary Welcome First Baby of 2025

"Little Miss New Year" Nema Naomi-Ann Williams made her debut Jan. 2 at OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park.

Normajean Sims and Clarence Williams welcomed their daughter, Nema Naomi-Ann Williams, who was the first baby born in 2025 at Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park. She arrived Jan. 2.
Normajean Sims and Clarence Williams welcomed their daughter, Nema Naomi-Ann Williams, who was the first baby born in 2025 at Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park. She arrived Jan. 2. (OSF Little Company of Mary)

EVERGREEN PARK, IL — While others celebrated with ringing in of the new year with bubbly, Normajean Sims and Clarence Williams celebrated by delivering their fifth child.

Decked out in a “Little Miss New Year” sleeper, Nema Naomi-Ann Williams was the first baby delivered in 2025 at OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park. Nema jumped into the world at 4 a.m. Jan. 2. She is one of the first babies from the Chicago region to be born in the new year.

Nema clocked in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 21 inches in length. She is starting the year with love and joy from parents, and her big siblings Kianna, Emonie, Clarence and Kadance.

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