Bill Text: IL SR0725 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Raymond N. Morin of New Lenox.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR0725 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0725-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 Raymond N. Morin of New Lenox, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on June 8, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Raymond Morin grew up in Chicago; his parents were | ||||||
| 6 | Adelord Morin and Alberta Mason Morin; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Raymond Morin served his country as a member of | ||||||
| 8 | the United States Army during World War II, serving as Wire | ||||||
| 9 | Chief in the Signal Corps Unit in Burma and China; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, While in technical high school, Raymond Morin | ||||||
| 11 | found he had an aptitude in and love for telephone repair and | ||||||
| 12 | would even borrow books from his teachers so he could learn | ||||||
| 13 | more at home; during the Depression, the only job he could find | ||||||
| 14 | was in the steel mill, but every weekend, he would walk up the | ||||||
| 15 | steps of Illinois Bell to see if a job had opened; many months | ||||||
| 16 | later, he got his wish and started his 40-year career with the | ||||||
| 17 | company, serving until his retirement in the 1980s; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Raymond Morin was a lifelong member of the | ||||||
| 19 | Telephone Pioneers of America; he was also a daily volunteer at | ||||||
| 20 | Provena Villa Franciscan in Joliet during and after his wife's | ||||||
| 21 | illness; he served as resident bartender after her passing; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Raymond Morin was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
| 2 | Lea Payette Morin; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Raymond Morin is survived by 3 children, Donna | ||||||
| 4 | (Fred) Wlodarski, Gregory Morin, and Deborah (Kirk) Ritchie; 6 | ||||||
| 5 | grandchildren, Brian Morin, Todd Morin, Mary (David) Burke, | ||||||
| 6 | Monique Hides, Justin (Stephanie) Hides, and Chuck Wlodarski; | ||||||
| 7 | and many great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 10 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Raymond N. Morin; and | ||||||
| 11 | be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Raymond Morin as an expression of | ||||||
| 14 | our sympathy.
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