Full Text of SR0126 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Ora "Corky" Weldon Aten of Winston, | 4 | | Missouri, formerly of Silvis, who passed away on February 20, | 5 | | 2021; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ora Aten was born to Hiram and Pearl (Marner) | 7 | | Aten in Swan Creek on January 16, 1923; he married Vivian Bel | 8 | | on December 31, 1945; he served in the U.S. Navy in both World | 9 | | War II and Korea; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After retiring from the Rock Island Lines, Ora | 11 | | Aten became a locomotive consultant and worked for Iowa | 12 | | Interstate Railroad; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ora Aten was a member of Silvis Lodge #898, AF & | 14 | | AM, and Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Moline; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ora Aten enjoyed reunions with shipmates from the | 16 | | USS Guadalupe and loved his farm in Missouri; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ora Aten was preceded in death by his wife; his | 18 | | son-in-law, John Hanley; and his five siblings; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Ora Aten is survived by his six children and |
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| 1 | | their spouses, Georgia and David Baraks, Jeffrey and Patty | 2 | | Aten, Bill and Grace Aten, Don and Carolyn Aten, Jennifer | 3 | | Hanley, and Marian and Patrick Collison; his 15 grandchildren | 4 | | and their spouses, Jana Baraks, Jyll and Matt Moore, Quinn and | 5 | | Lindsay Hanley, Erin Hanley, Brice Hanley, Michael and | 6 | | Samantha Collison, Jessi and Dustin Cassler, Matthew Collison, | 7 | | Derek Aten, Darci Aten, Shayla Aten, Kiki Aten, Ian Aten, | 8 | | Kevin and Jennifer Aten, and Alivia and Dean Grace; and his 24 | 9 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Ora "Corky" Weldon Aten and extend our sincere condolences to | 13 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 | | further; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Ora Aten as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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