Bill Text: IL SR1560 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Roger L. Veatch of Thomasville, North Carolina, formerly of Oak Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR1560 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1560-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 Roger L. Veatch of Thomasville, North | ||||||
4 | Carolina, formerly of Oak Park, who passed away on June 10, | ||||||
5 | 2014; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Roger Veatch was born on July 16, 1923 in Chicago | ||||||
7 | to Roy and Mabel (nee Meyer) Veatch; he graduated from Oak Park | ||||||
8 | and River Forest High School in 1941 and married Margery Ann | ||||||
9 | Jones in 1945; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Roger Veatch entered the United States Army in | ||||||
11 | 1945 and worked on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New | ||||||
12 | Mexico; after World War II, he finished his master's degree in | ||||||
13 | biochemistry at the Illinois Institute of Technology and worked | ||||||
14 | at the Hines Veterans Administration Medical Center in nuclear | ||||||
15 | medicine for 30 years; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Roger Veatch was active at First United Church of | ||||||
17 | Oak Park and in the Community Renewal Chorus; he delivered | ||||||
18 | Meals on Wheels to seniors in the community into his 70s; in | ||||||
19 | 1998, he and his wife retired to North Carolina, where they | ||||||
20 | were active members of Congregational United Church of Christ | ||||||
21 | in Greensboro; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Roger Veatch was preceded in death by his | ||||||
2 | daughter-in-law, Alanna Connors; his brother, David; and his | ||||||
3 | brother-in-law, Edwin Bast; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Roger Veatch is survived by his wife of 69 years, | ||||||
5 | Margery; his sister-in-law, Mariam Veatch; his sister, Anita | ||||||
6 | Bast; his children, Kathryn (William) Ksander, Elizabeth | ||||||
7 | Hopkins, Margaret Veatch, and Phillip Veatch; his 4 | ||||||
8 | grandchildren, Wendy Smith, Peter Ksander (Miranda Hardy), | ||||||
9 | David Ksander (Natalie Ruttan-Stack), and Roy Veatch; and one | ||||||
10 | great-granddaughter; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
13 | Roger L. Veatch, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
14 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
15 | further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to the family of Roger Veatch as an expression of our | ||||||
18 | deepest sympathy.
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