Full Text of SR0725 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Raymond N. Morin of New Lenox, who passed | 4 | | away on June 8, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Raymond Morin grew up in Chicago; his parents were | 6 | | Adelord Morin and Alberta Mason Morin; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Raymond Morin served his country as a member of | 8 | | the United States Army during World War II, serving as Wire | 9 | | Chief in the Signal Corps Unit in Burma and China; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, While in technical high school, Raymond Morin | 11 | | found he had an aptitude in and love for telephone repair and | 12 | | would even borrow books from his teachers so he could learn | 13 | | more at home; during the Depression, the only job he could find | 14 | | was in the steel mill, but every weekend, he would walk up the | 15 | | steps of Illinois Bell to see if a job had opened; many months | 16 | | later, he got his wish and started his 40-year career with the | 17 | | company, serving until his retirement in the 1980s; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Raymond Morin was a lifelong member of the | 19 | | Telephone Pioneers of America; he was also a daily volunteer at | 20 | | Provena Villa Franciscan in Joliet during and after his wife's | 21 | | illness; he served as resident bartender after her passing; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Raymond Morin was preceded in death by his wife, | 2 | | Lea Payette Morin; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Raymond Morin is survived by 3 children, Donna | 4 | | (Fred) Wlodarski, Gregory Morin, and Deborah (Kirk) Ritchie; 6 | 5 | | grandchildren, Brian Morin, Todd Morin, Mary (David) Burke, | 6 | | Monique Hides, Justin (Stephanie) Hides, and Chuck Wlodarski; | 7 | | and many great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 10 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Raymond N. Morin; and | 11 | | be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Raymond Morin as an expression of | 14 | | our sympathy.
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