Full Text of HR0611 093rd General Assembly
HR0611 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Rev. | 4 |
| Dean P. Rice of Chicago on December 14, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Rice's 45-year tenure as rector of The | 6 |
| Church of the Atonement set the record for the longest-held | 7 |
| post in the Chicago Episcopal Diocese; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Rice was born in 1932 to a Methodist family | 9 |
| in Danville; he graduated from Georgetown High School in 1950; | 10 |
| three years later, he received a bachelor's degree from | 11 |
| Millikin University in Decatur; and
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| WHEREAS, He received a master of divinity degree from | 13 |
| Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, an Episcopal seminary in | 14 |
| Evanston in 1956; in 1958, he was installed as rector of The | 15 |
| Episcopal Church of the Atonement, where he stayed until June | 16 |
| of this year; and
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| WHEREAS, In the 1970s, when the church's Hispanic | 18 |
| congregation began to grow, Father Rice helped establish The | 19 |
| Parent-Child Latino Center, which offered social services with | 20 |
| an emphasis on education; and
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| WHEREAS, Out of this ministry grew St. Augustine's College, | 22 |
| which moved out of the church in 1979, the same year the | 23 |
| Hispanic congregation formed the Mission of Cristo Rey; Father | 24 |
| Rice served on St. Augustine's governing board from 1980 to | 25 |
| 1988; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Rice was a board member and part owner of | 27 |
| Paxton Wholesale Grocery Co., a family-owned business in | 28 |
| southern Illinois; he also traveled extensively and boasted a | 29 |
| collection of crystal; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Father Rice will be deeply felt by | 2 |
| many, especially his niece, Nanette Rice Mellen; and his | 3 |
| nephew, James M. Rice; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| mourn the passing of Rev. Dean P. Rice along with all who knew | 7 |
| and loved him and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 8 |
| friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Rev. Dean P. Rice as an expression | 11 |
| of our deepest sympathy.
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