Full Text of SR1307 099th 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 Leo Harris Rector of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on November 21, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Leo Rector was born near Afton, Oklahoma on August | 6 | | 18, 1919 to John F. and Edna Harris Rector; he graduated from | 7 | | Urbana High School in 1938 and completed his junior year at the | 8 | | University of Illinois in forestry before he was drafted into | 9 | | the military in June of 1941; he graduated from Officer | 10 | | Candidate School in October of 1942 and served as company | 11 | | commander of the 1751st Ordnance Supply Company of the 8th Air | 12 | | Force, 388 Bomb Group in England from April of 1943 to June of | 13 | | 1945; he was discharged on May 3, 1936, achieving the rank of | 14 | | major; he married Juanita Fern "Little Bird" Acton on August 3, | 15 | | 1947; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Leo Rector owned and operated "Rectors on West | 17 | | Church", an ice cream and sandwich shop on West Church Street | 18 | | in Champaign from 1946 to 1952; he began his long career with | 19 | | Eisner Food Stores in 1952, beginning as store manager and | 20 | | rising quickly to head grocery buyer for Eisner Jewel Food | 21 | | Stores; he retired in 1981; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Leo Rector was active with the Boy Scouts |
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| 1 | | Arrowhead Council for many years; he was proud that he was an | 2 | | Eagle Scout and that his sons, Michael and Jon, also achieved | 3 | | that honor; he was a member of several organizations, which | 4 | | included the American Legion, the Ansar Shrine, the C-U Elks, | 5 | | the University Club, and the Masonic Lodge, of which he was a | 6 | | life member; he was also a member of First Presbyterian Church | 7 | | in Champaign; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Leo Rector was preceded in death by his parents; | 9 | | his siblings, Bernice LaFuze, Fern Atwood, Dennis Rector, Earl | 10 | | Rector, John Rector, and Orton Rector; and his son, Carl; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Leo Rector is survived by his wife, Juanita; his | 12 | | sons, Michael (Ellen) Rector and Jon (Cathy) Rector; his | 13 | | grandchildren, David Rector, Jason (Lisa) Rector, Collin | 14 | | Rector, Brian Rector, Aaron (Helen) Adsit, and Colleen Adsit | 15 | | (Michael) Stoltz; his great-grandchildren, Kynzee Rector, | 16 | | Sophia Stoltz, and William Stoltz; and his brother, Paul | 17 | | Rector; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Leo Harris Rector, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family Leo Rector of as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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