Full Text of SR0378 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 Paul Rector of Urbana, who passed away | 4 | | on March 24, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rector was born in Afton, Oklahoma to John | 6 | | Fred and Edna (Harris) Rector on March 5, 1921; he grew up in | 7 | | Urbana, delivering both the Courier and The News-Gazette; he | 8 | | was an active Boy Scout and always enjoyed visiting Camp | 9 | | Drake; he was proud to be an Eagle Scout; he graduated from | 10 | | Urbana High School in 1940, where he was a state champion in | 11 | | wrestling; after three semesters at the University of Illinois | 12 | | studying business and accounting, he was drafted into the U.S. | 13 | | Army; he married Billie Wesson of Sidney in 1943 at the family | 14 | | home, and they renewed their vows in front of the same | 15 | | fireplace 67 years later; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rector received his commission as a second | 17 | | lieutenant in the Army in 1943; he completed basic training at | 18 | | South Camp Polk, Louisiana; his Eagle Scout rank helped him | 19 | | qualify for Officers Training School, which he completed at | 20 | | Fort Knox, Kentucky; he served in the 775th Tank Battalion in | 21 | | Papua New Guinea and the Philippines; he was discharged as a | 22 | | first lieutenant and returned home to Urbana on Christmas Day | 23 | | 1945; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rector began working as head inspector at | 2 | | the R.H. Bishop Co.; he became a member of the Local 149 | 3 | | Plumber & Steamfitters Union in 1949; he also worked for F.R. | 4 | | Inskip Plumbing and Heating as head of the service department; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rector's family had a tradition of holding | 7 | | family reunions; he never missed one and continued to travel | 8 | | well into his 90s, with family reunion trips to Hawaii, Puget | 9 | | Sound in Washington, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and | 10 | | Branson, Missouri; he enjoyed traveling and loved to drive | 11 | | across the U.S. and explore and visit family members along the | 12 | | way; he took his family on many camping trips to numerous state | 13 | | parks in Illinois and Indiana; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rector and Billie were active in the First | 15 | | Presbyterian Church in Champaign, and they went on several | 16 | | mission trips for their church and enjoyed their Bible study | 17 | | groups; they worked together restoring their rental properties | 18 | | and always seemed to have a project that needed attention; | 19 | | they enjoyed being with their family and were extremely proud | 20 | | of their children; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rector was the husband of Billie; the father | 22 | | of Sharon Rector, James (Gail) Rector, and Sue (Skip) Inskip; |
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| 1 | | the grandfather of eight; the great-grandfather of 10; the son | 2 | | of John Fred and Edna (Harris) Rector; and the brother of Earl | 3 | | Rector, Mary Fern (Rector) Atwood, Lottie Bernice (Rector) | 4 | | LaFuze, Dennis Rector, Orton Rector, John Henry Rector, and | 5 | | Leo Harris Rector; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Paul Rector and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 9 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Paul Rector as an expression of our | 12 | | deepest sympathy.
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