Bill Text: IL SR0121 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of former Danville Commissioner of Parks and Public Property, Raymond Randall.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-19 - Resolution Adopted [SR0121 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0121-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of former Danville Commissioner of Parks and | ||||||
| 4 | Public Property, Raymond T. "Ray" Randall, who passed away on | ||||||
| 5 | January 24, 2015; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Raymond Randall was born in Danville on May 26, | ||||||
| 7 | 1933 to Raymond D. and Leona L. (nee Thirion) Randall; he | ||||||
| 8 | served in the United States Navy as a Second Class Yeoman | ||||||
| 9 | during the Korean conflict; he married Phyllis Varner on April | ||||||
| 10 | 16, 1955; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Raymond Randall worked in sales at Thirion Glass | ||||||
| 12 | Co. for several years and later at Hyster NACCO; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Raymond Randall served for 12 years as Danville's | ||||||
| 14 | Commissioner of Parks and Public Property under the city's | ||||||
| 15 | former mayor-commission form of government; as Commissioner, | ||||||
| 16 | he made many playground renovations, acquired grants for | ||||||
| 17 | improvements to Ellsworth Park, and implemented summer park | ||||||
| 18 | play and recreation programs; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Raymond Randall was a member of Danville American | ||||||
| 20 | Legion Post 210, the Knights of Columbus, the Danville Rotary | ||||||
| 21 | Club, UCT, and the Danville Elks; he was a Red Vest volunteer | ||||||
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| 1 | at Presence United Samaritans Medical Center with over 12,000 | ||||||
| 2 | hours of community service from 1993 until 2014; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Raymond Randall enjoyed bowling in the Elks | ||||||
| 4 | bowling league and was active in Little League baseball with | ||||||
| 5 | the Danville American Legion; he was an avid St. Louis | ||||||
| 6 | Cardinals fan and loved sports; he could be found in the stands | ||||||
| 7 | at all his grandkids' sporting events, and when he was not in | ||||||
| 8 | the stands cheering on their teams, he was in the announcer's | ||||||
| 9 | booth as The Voice of the Toppers for Schlarman High School for | ||||||
| 10 | several years; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Raymond Randall was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 12 | parents; his wife, Phyllis; and his son, Mick Randall; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Raymond Randall is survived by his son, Rick | ||||||
| 14 | (Mary) Randall; his daughters, Terri (Larry) Jaggers and Cherri | ||||||
| 15 | (Scott) Drews; his grandchildren, Christin (Dusty) | ||||||
| 16 | Randall-Murray, Cory Randall, Tara (Zack) Holycross, Travis | ||||||
| 17 | Jaggers, Blair Drews, and Brock Drews; his | ||||||
| 18 | great-grandchildren, Caden Billingsley, Jaycie Jenkins, Cooper | ||||||
| 19 | and Cruz Murray, and Easton Drews; his sister, Jackie (Roman) | ||||||
| 20 | Wagner; his special niece, Pat Cunningham; and many nieces and | ||||||
| 21 | nephews; therefore, be it
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| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
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| 1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 2 | former Danville Commissioner of Parks and Public Property, | ||||||
| 3 | Raymond T. "Ray" Randall, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 4 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 5 | further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Raymond Randall as an expression of our deepest | ||||||
| 8 | sympathy.
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