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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Jewel Ray Lane of Collinsville, who |
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| passed away on April 7, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Jewel Ray Lane was born June 14, 1927, in East St. |
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Mr. Lane attended Collinsville Township High School in |
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| the class of 1946; he served in the United States Navy during |
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| World War II and Korea, earning the Philippine Liberation, |
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| Asiatic Pacific Fleet, World War II Victoria, and the Good |
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| Conduct Medal; and
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| WHEREAS, He retired from Union Electric, Venice Power Plant |
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| in 1983 after 35 years of employment; he was a member of the |
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| Collinsville Jaycee's, serving as president in 1958, helping |
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| with the construction of Woodland Park, and starting the Miss |
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| Collinsville Pageant; he was a member of Masonic Lodge 712 (50 |
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| year pin), Scottish Rite, and Ainad Temple; and he was a past |
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| president of the Collinsville Shrine Club, Ainad Drum and |
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| Bugle, and Hospital Unit; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as a hospital guide for Shriner's |
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| Hospital since 1971, and a member of Road Runners, which |
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| transports children to the hospitals in Cincinnati, Chicago, |
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| and St. Louis; he received the Ainad Shriner of the Year Award |
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| in 1992; he was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ |
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| in Collinsville, where he was an usher for 55 years; and he was |
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| a lifetime member of the Collinsville V.F.W.; and
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| WHEREAS, Jewel Ray Lane was preceded in death by his |
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| parents, Slete Adam and Minnie Mae, nee Higgins, Lane; his |
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| sister, Hilda Mae Dunning; his brother, Donald Lee Lane; and |
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| his daughter-in-law, Jane Mateer Lane; and
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| WHEREAS, Jewel Ray Lane is survived by his wife, Lois |
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| Marian, nee Schoppe, Lane, whom he married on October 9, 1948; |
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| his children, Dale Lane, Karen Rae Lane, Susan (Terry) Koste, |
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| and Steve Lane; his grandchildren, Karla (Daimon) Russell, Amy |
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| (Tom) Noascono, Rebecca (Michael) Collins, Sarah (Jeff) |
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| Watkins, Tara Koste, Jennifer Koste, and Robert (Laura) Lane; |
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| and his great-grandchildren, Rachel, Courtney, Andrea, and |
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| Dylan Russell, Keely and Kobe Collins, and Sophia Noascono; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Jewel Ray Lane; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Jewel Lane as a symbol of our |