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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 Warren Arthur Harris of Peoria, who |
| 4 | | passed away on May 17, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Warren Harris was born in Peoria on September 19, |
| 6 | | 1936 to Ruth (nee Hulquist) and Clarence Harris; he attended |
| 7 | | Peoria Heights Grade School, Woodruff High School, and Bradley |
| 8 | | University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in |
| 9 | | Business; he married Patricia McFarlane on July 29, 1961; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Warren Harris was employed as a systems analyst by |
| 11 | | Caterpillar, Inc., retiring in 1999; he served on several City |
| 12 | | of Peoria commissions and was precinct committeeman for the |
| 13 | | Uplands Neighborhood Association and President of the West |
| 14 | | Bluff Council in 1987; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Warren Harris was a member the Universalist |
| 16 | | Unitarian Church, where he served as President in the 1980s and |
| 17 | | received the Outstanding Service Award from the church in 2007; |
| 18 | | he marched for civil rights and the peace movement and |
| 19 | | supported equal rights for women and LGBT individuals; after |
| 20 | | retirement, he volunteered at Springdale Cemetery; he served as |
| 21 | | Vice-President of the Peoria Chapter of the ACLU and received |
| 22 | | the David Citron Award in 2008 for his contributions to civil |
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| 1 | | rights in the Peoria area; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Warren Harris was affectionately called "Uncle |
| 3 | | Warnie"; he enjoyed politics, reading, movies, dogs, crossword |
| 4 | | puzzles, the dictionary, the writings of Robert G. Ingersoll, |
| 5 | | and music; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Warren Harris was preceded in death by his |
| 7 | | brother, the Rev. Gerald Harris; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Warren Harris is survived by his wife, Patricia; |
| 9 | | his 5 daughters, Margaret Lee (Bill) Schmider, Kathleen |
| 10 | | Michelle (Tom) Hafele, Joan Marie (Shannon) Walden, Elizabeth |
| 11 | | Jean (Matt) Allen, and Michelle Therese (Troy) Adams; his 12 |
| 12 | | grandchildren, Michael Harris, Joshua Harris, Jessica and |
| 13 | | Jennifer Schmider, Jake and Kassidy Hafele, Kyle and Delaney |
| 14 | | Walden, MacKenzie and Jack Allen, and Ayla and Bowie Adams; his |
| 15 | | 5 great-grandchildren, Jayden, Caylee, Brooklyn, Naevia, and |
| 16 | | Liam; his sisters, Donna (Bob) Norman and Doris Kamrowski; his |
| 17 | | sister-in-law, Joan Harris; and many nieces and nephews and |
| 18 | | other relatives; therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 21 | | Warren Arthur Harris, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |