Full Text of SR0760 93rd General Assembly
SR0760 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Robert J. Raymond of | 4 |
| Naperville and Columbus, Mississippi, on Saturday, November | 5 |
| 20, 2004; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Raymond was born on September 13, 1913, in | 7 |
| Chicago, where he grew up; he graduated from Leo High School; | 8 |
| he later graduated from St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa; | 9 |
| he married Mae Roche in 1938; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, He moved to Naperville in 1941; after originally | 11 |
| working as a sales representative for Celotex Corp., he started | 12 |
| his own lumber yard, Raymond Lumber Co.; he helped fuel | 13 |
| Naperville's growth from small town to booming suburb by | 14 |
| selling the wood that helped build many of the homes that began | 15 |
| springing up there in the 1950s and 1960s; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Raymond served a 28-year tenure on the DuPage | 17 |
| County Board, where he was instrumental in adding thousands of | 18 |
| acres to forest preserves in DuPage County and in the | 19 |
| conversion of Edward Hospital from sanitarium to hospital; his | 20 |
| efforts also helped pave Naperville roads and secure street | 21 |
| signs as the city developed in its infancy; he served as | 22 |
| chairman of the committee overseeing the County Highway | 23 |
| Department from 1967 to 1980 and president of the Operations | 24 |
| Committee of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County; in | 25 |
| 1997, Raymond Drive was named to honor his work with the DuPage | 26 |
| County Highway Department; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, He was known for his philanthropy, especially as | 28 |
| the founding father of the Naperville United Way in 1951; he | 29 |
| was the oldest member of the Naperville Noon Rotary, which he | 30 |
| had served as president in 1947, and his love of horses drove | 31 |
| him to be a charter member of the Naperville Saddle Club; he |
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| was a member of SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church; he had been | 2 |
| active in his district Republican organization and served as | 3 |
| committeeman; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Raymond also owned a ranch in Columbus, | 5 |
| Mississippi, where he raised cattle, quarterhorses, and | 6 |
| Tennessee walking horses; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert J. Raymond has been deeply | 8 |
| felt by many, especially his wife of 66 years, Mae (Roche); his | 9 |
| children, Dolores (Michael) Marusha, Marilynn (Joseph) | 10 |
| Vannucci, Barbara (Thomas) Jansz, James Raymond, and Robert | 11 |
| Raymond Jr.; his grandchildren, Nancy Creel, Sue Bentlage, Mary | 12 |
| Pat Martin, Katie and Molly Vannucci, and James Raymond Jr.; | 13 |
| and his seven great-grandchildren; therefore, be it | 14 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 |
| Robert J. Raymond, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 17 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 18 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented his family as an expression of our deepest sympathy.
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