Bill Text: IL SR1602 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Raymond Lett.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1602 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1602-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 Lett of Plano, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | January 5, 2021; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Raymond Lett was born to Charles and Martha Lett | ||||||
6 | in Sandwich on December 16, 1934; he married Sharon Ann Trail | ||||||
7 | in Forest City, Iowa on August 20, 1956, and after 54 happy | ||||||
8 | years together, she passed away on September 9, 2010; he | ||||||
9 | married Roycana "Royce" Potter in Warrenton, Virginia on March | ||||||
10 | 8, 2014, and after 4 happy years together, she passed away on | ||||||
11 | December 5, 2018; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Raymond Lett began his career as a county | ||||||
13 | extension agent in Allamakee County in Iowa; he became the | ||||||
14 | vocational agriculture high school teacher in McGregor, Iowa, | ||||||
15 | where he taught for three years; he then returned to his family | ||||||
16 | farm in Sandwich where he was a bi-vocational farmer and | ||||||
17 | vocational agriculture high school teacher; in 1965, he became | ||||||
18 | the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Services (ASCS) | ||||||
19 | County Executive Director in Kendall County; he then served as | ||||||
20 | Area Director and then as the State Director for ASCS in 1970;; | ||||||
21 | and
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22 | WHEREAS, Raymond Lett became Deputy Director of the |
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1 | Illinois Department of Agriculture in 1974; during his tenure, | ||||||
2 | he led the first official delegation to the People's Republic | ||||||
3 | of China shortly after China opened its borders to the Western | ||||||
4 | World in 1978; he was selected to be the Executive Assistant to | ||||||
5 | the Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block in 1981 and served | ||||||
6 | for four years; during this time, he led a trade mission | ||||||
7 | between the United States and the Asian world, which included | ||||||
8 | the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia; | ||||||
9 | he directed the visit of President François Mitterrand of | ||||||
10 | France to the U.S. in 1985;
he became Assistant Secretary for | ||||||
11 | Marketing and Inspection Services and than the Special | ||||||
12 | Assistant to the Secretary of Interior for International and | ||||||
13 | Trust Territories; he completed his career as a consultant to | ||||||
14 | the Oceanic Institute in Hawaii; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Ray Lett was Vice President of the International | ||||||
16 | Christian Fellowship over the National Prayer Breakfast | ||||||
17 | Ministries in Washington, D.C.; he and his wife Sharon were | ||||||
18 | lifelong Sunday school teachers; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Ray Lett was preceded in death by his parents; his | ||||||
20 | first wife, Sharon Ann Lett; and his second wife, Roycana | ||||||
21 | "Royce" Potter Lett; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Ray Lett is survived by his children, Ann | ||||||
23 | Grandquist, David (Karen) Lett, and Shelley (John) Raymond; and |
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1 | his grandchildren, Josh and Zach Grandquist, Olivia, Charley | ||||||
2 | Ann, Sydney, and Christian Lett, and J.T. (Jacky), Jack | ||||||
3 | (Ashley), and Joey Raymond; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
6 | Raymond Lett and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
7 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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9 | presented to the family of Raymond Lett as an expression of
our | ||||||
10 | deepest sympathy.
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