Bill Text: IL SR1145 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Raleigh J. Harris III.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-05-24 - Resolution Adopted [SR1145 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1145-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 Raleigh J. Harris III of Pontiac, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on March 25, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Raleigh Harris III was born in Pontiac to Raleigh | ||||||
| 6 | J. and Betty Dolan Harris Jr. on November 9, 1943; he attended | ||||||
| 7 | schools in Pontiac and the Roosevelt Military Academy in Aledo; | ||||||
| 8 | he graduated from Worsham College of Mortuary Science and | ||||||
| 9 | Funeral Service in Wheeling; he married Ramona Barickman in | ||||||
| 10 | Streator on January 24, 1965; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Raleigh Harris III owned and operated the Raleigh | ||||||
| 12 | J. Harris Funeral Home in Pontiac for several years; he also | ||||||
| 13 | owned and operated the Stewart Funeral Home in Cullom and the | ||||||
| 14 | Von Qualen-Harris Funeral Home in Dwight; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Raleigh Harris III was a member of the First | ||||||
| 16 | United Methodist Church in Pontiac, the Pontiac Elks Club, the | ||||||
| 17 | Rustic Auto Club, the Central Illinois Woodworkers Club, and | ||||||
| 18 | the "Gas House Gang"; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Raleigh Harris III was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 20 | parents and one daughter in infancy, Amy Harris; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Raleigh Harris III is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
| 2 | son, Thomas (Ginger) Harris; his daughter, Kimberly (Greg) | ||||||
| 3 | Yoder; his grandchildren, Gabrielle Henderson, Felicia Harris, | ||||||
| 4 | Serena Harris, Nathan Yoder, and Tabitha Yoder; his | ||||||
| 5 | step-granddaughter, Cortney Schilling; his seven | ||||||
| 6 | great-grandchildren; and his three step-great-grandchildren; | ||||||
| 7 | therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 10 | Raleigh J. Harris III and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 11 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 12 | further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of Raleigh Harris III as an expression | ||||||
| 15 | of our deepest sympathy.
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