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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of John Lee Rayburn of Bondville, who passed |
4 | | away on April 30, 2018; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, John Rayburn was born near Bondville to J. W. and |
6 | | Ethel Pfiester Rayburn on November 22, 1921; he married Betty |
7 | | Jean Hammerschmidt in Monticello on November 19, 1944; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, John Rayburn farmed in the Bondville area until |
9 | | his retirement in 2004; he raised purebred Hampshire swine for |
10 | | over 60 years; he was swine superintendent at the Champaign |
11 | | County Fair for 25 years and was head of the swine carcass show |
12 | | and sale for 20 years; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, John Rayburn served as a Scott Township trustee |
14 | | for 28 years and as a drainage district commissioner; he served |
15 | | as a Trustee for the Bondville United Methodist Church and on |
16 | | various church boards; for the past 60 years, he was either a |
17 | | Bondville Fire Corporation volunteer fireman or a trustee on |
18 | | the board; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, John Rayburn was preceded in death by his wife, |
20 | | Betty Jean; and
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