Bill Text: IL SR1901 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ray Merrill Evans of Richmond.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-27 - Resolution Adopted [SR1901 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1901-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 Ray Merrill Evans of Richmond, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on April 24, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ray Evans was born in Chicago to Adren Ray and | ||||||
| 6 | Junia (Peterson) Evans on March 18, 1931; he married Ramona | ||||||
| 7 | Vandermeir in Schiller Park on June 16, 1951 and served in the | ||||||
| 8 | United States Army during the Korean War; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Ray Evans was employed by the Chicago Transit | ||||||
| 10 | Authority as a mechanic; he then worked for Sam's Towing in | ||||||
| 11 | Franklin Park and as a mechanic with TWA; he retired from TWA | ||||||
| 12 | with over 30 years of service; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, After retirement, Ray Evans moved with his wife to | ||||||
| 14 | Shelbyville for 11 years and then to Huntley to be closer to | ||||||
| 15 | family; most recently, he resided in the Richmond/Spring Grove | ||||||
| 16 | area; he enjoyed dancing, fishing, traveling, playing cards, | ||||||
| 17 | and cars; he was a member of the Crystal Lake Senior Citizens | ||||||
| 18 | Club, and enjoyed the company of his family and friends; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Ray Evans was preceded in death by his parents and | ||||||
| 20 | his two brothers, Lewis and Cleo; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Ray Evans is survived by his wife, Ramona; his | ||||||
| 2 | five children, John Evans (Sue Flemming), Richard Evans, | ||||||
| 3 | Kimberly (Brian) Bandow, Gregory (Debra) Evans, and Janice | ||||||
| 4 | (Chris) Voegtle; his 13 grandchildren, Shannon Evans (Tom | ||||||
| 5 | Pomplun), Amanda (Craig) Mitchell, Scott Nugent, Justin (Jenn) | ||||||
| 6 | Evans, Timothy (Stephanie) Nugent, Kent Evans, Britt Macias, | ||||||
| 7 | James (Nicole) Evans, Mitchell Evans, Randl Evans, Gregory | ||||||
| 8 | Voegtle, Jesse Evans, and Michael Voegtle; his | ||||||
| 9 | great-grandchildren, Evan, Kayli, Weston, Anastasia, Brayden, | ||||||
| 10 | Jayce, Cree, Charis, and August; and his three sisters, Arline | ||||||
| 11 | Christell, Lorraine Hagen, and Faye Ford; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Ray Merrill Evans, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 15 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Ray Evans as an expression of our | ||||||
| 19 | deepest sympathy.
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