Bill Text: IL SR2238 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ray Spooner of Urbana.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2238 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2238-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 Spooner of Urbana, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | August 8, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Ray Spooner was diagnosed with Amyotrophic | ||||||
6 | Lateral Sclerosis in December of 2014 and accepted his | ||||||
7 | diagnosis with grace; on his three-item bucket list was a | ||||||
8 | cross-country bicycle ride from San Diego to St. Augustine, | ||||||
9 | Florida to raise funds for ALS awareness and research; on day | ||||||
10 | five, an accident resulting in seven broken bones ended his | ||||||
11 | original vision of the ride and the diminished line-up of | ||||||
12 | riders continued with Ray and Rae as support; in Austin, he was | ||||||
13 | outfitted with a recumbent trike and was able to fulfill his | ||||||
14 | dream, finish the ride, and dip his wheel into the Atlantic | ||||||
15 | Ocean, accompanied by his family and friends; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Ray Spooner spent his final months at home, being | ||||||
17 | cared for by his wife, children, family, and friends; unable to | ||||||
18 | speak, he communicated by one-thumb texting and through his | ||||||
19 | eloquently written blog, rayslittleride.com; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Ray Spooner is survived by his wife, Rae; his | ||||||
21 | children, Lisa (Corey) Curtiss, Manu, and Sophia; his grandson, | ||||||
22 | Jack Curtiss; his mother, Jeanne Spooner; his sister, Lynn |
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1 | Wallis and her family; his in-laws, Tauby Shimkin and Paul | ||||||
2 | Weichsel; and many extended family members; therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
5 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Ray Spooner; and be it | ||||||
6 | further
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7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to the family of Ray Spooner as an expression of our | ||||||
9 | sympathy.
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