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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Raymond | ||||||
4 | H. Neisewander, Jr.; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Raymond Neisewander, Jr. was born on May 30, 1932 | ||||||
6 | in Springfield; he was the oldest son of Ray, Sr. and Audrienne | ||||||
7 | (nee Murphy) Neisewander; he married Jean Baxter on November | ||||||
8 | 30, 1957, and they divorced in 1987; he met Kim Danreiter in | ||||||
9 | 1997, and they married on June 29, 2002; and
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10 | WHEREAS, After attending elementary school in Springfield, | ||||||
11 | Raymond Neisewander, Jr. attended the Marmion Military Academy | ||||||
12 | in Aurora, where he graduated in 1951; after attending | ||||||
13 | Springfield Junior College and the University of Illinois, he | ||||||
14 | served in the United States Army in the Panama Canal Zone from | ||||||
15 | 1954 to 1956; and
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16 | WHEREAS, In 1956, Raymond Neisewander, Jr. started a Raynor | ||||||
17 | garage door dealership in Bettendorf, Iowa; he then moved to | ||||||
18 | Raynor's headquarters in Dixon in 1961; in 1968, he was | ||||||
19 | promoted to Executive Vice President and a member of the | ||||||
20 | management team, where he launched and managed the | ||||||
21 | organization's trucking division, Raynor Express, Inc.; in | ||||||
22 | 1979, he became the President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board |
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1 | for Raynor, Kwik-Wall of Springfield, and the Raynor Hotel | ||||||
2 | Corporation; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Raymond Neisewander, Jr. was an active member of | ||||||
4 | the Dixon community; he served on the governing boards of the | ||||||
5 | Dixon Airport, Amcore (Dixon National) Bank, Dixon United Way, | ||||||
6 | Dixon Family YMCA, and Wahl Clipper Corporation; he was also | ||||||
7 | known for his generosity to a long list of community events and | ||||||
8 | organizations, such as the Dixon Public Library, Dixon public | ||||||
9 | and parochial schools, the Dixon Theatre Renovation, the | ||||||
10 | Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center, the Dixon Petunia | ||||||
11 | Festival, the Dixon Industrial Development Association, the | ||||||
12 | Dixon Public School District Foundation, the Dixon Area Chamber | ||||||
13 | of Commerce and Industry, and many other local charities; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Raymond Neisewander, Jr. began serving on the | ||||||
15 | board of the National Association of Garage Door Manufacturers | ||||||
16 | in 1972; he served as the board's president from 1973 to 1974 | ||||||
17 | and served as treasurer from 1986 to 1996; in 2006, the | ||||||
18 | International Door Association named Raymond Neisewander, Jr. | ||||||
19 | and Raymond Neisewander III as the recipient of the industry's | ||||||
20 | first Heritage Award for outstanding contributions to the | ||||||
21 | garage door industry; that same year, Raymond Neisewander, Jr. | ||||||
22 | and Raynor were recognized as the Illinois' Family Business of | ||||||
23 | the Year by the Family Business Center of Loyola University of | ||||||
24 | Chicago; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, In 1993, Raymond Neisewander, Jr. was honored by | ||||||
2 | the Illinois State Board of Education with the prestigious | ||||||
3 | Award of Excellence for his longstanding support of schools; in | ||||||
4 | 1996, the Dixon Area Chamber of Commerce presented him with its | ||||||
5 | annual Lifetime Achievement Award; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Raymond Neisewander, Jr. was preceded in death by | ||||||
7 | his parents; his sister, Margaret Bradley his | ||||||
8 | great-granddaughter, Malia Hammond; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Raymond Neisewander, Jr. is survived by his wife, | ||||||
10 | Kim Neisewander; his sons, Ray (Cindy) Neisewander III, Todd | ||||||
11 | Neisewander, and Dan (Tara) Yanes; his daughters, Tammy (Steve) | ||||||
12 | Reuter, Jennifer Danreiter, Debra Neisewander, Pamela (Tony) | ||||||
13 | Russo, Karla (Ken) Shioi, Darcy (Brian) Boatman, and Lori | ||||||
14 | (Jason) Burchell; his 26 grandchildren; his 2 | ||||||
15 | great-grandchildren; his siblings, Catherine (Ed) Vespa, | ||||||
16 | Patricia (Bill) Harford, Eleanora (George) Lyons, and Jack | ||||||
17 | (Dee) Neisewander, Sr.; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
19 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
20 | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | ||||||
21 | Raymond H. Neisewander, Jr.; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the family of Raymond Neisewander, Jr. as a symbol | ||||||
3 | of our sympathy.
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