Full Text of SR0820 95th General Assembly
SR0820 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Richard Rita of Port Charlotte, Florida, | 4 |
| formerly of Blue Island, who passed away on July 13, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Rita was born October 1, 1953; he was a | 6 |
| graduate of Marist High School and attended Moraine Valley | 7 |
| Community College; he also attended the American Conservatory | 8 |
| of Music and studied percussion; and
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| WHEREAS, He was invited to play with Ramsey Lewis and his | 10 |
| band; he tried out for the Chicago Symphony; and he traveled | 11 |
| the Midwest with a soul band, a jazz band, and a pop band over | 12 |
| the years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a probation officer in Cook County from | 14 |
| 1983 to 1988 and worked with the Florida Department of | 15 |
| Corrections from 1988 to 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Knights of Columbus; he was | 17 |
| a member of the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and | 18 |
| served as an Eucharistic minister and helped with the youth | 19 |
| ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Richard Rita will be deeply felt by |
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| his wife of 23 years, Kathy; his children, Richard, Kristen, | 2 |
| and Kelly; his parents, John D. and Rose V. Rita; his sister, | 3 |
| Nancy Rita McDaniel; his brothers, John Rita, Jr. and Illinois | 4 |
| State Representative Robert "Bob" Rita; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Richard Rita; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Richard Rita as an expression of our | 11 |
| sympathy.
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