Full Text of HR0921 96th General Assembly
HR0921 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Raymond | 4 |
| Joseph Klees, who recently passed away; and
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| WHEREAS, Raymond Joseph Klees was born in the Chicago | 6 |
| neighborhood of Roseland on December 24, 1921; he was the | 7 |
| beloved husband of the late Celeste R., nee Dunning; they were | 8 |
| married on May 4, 1946 and were uniquely devoted to each other | 9 |
| for 60 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Raymond Klees was a graduate of Pullman Tech High | 11 |
| School in 1939; he attended night classes at Loyola University | 12 |
| and worked full-time at Illinois Bell Telephone Company; he and | 13 |
| his wife, Celeste, met at Illinois Bell; and
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| WHEREAS, Shortly after Pearl Harbor, he passed a college | 15 |
| equivalency exam with the United States Army Air Corps and was | 16 |
| accepted into flight school; he was awarded Pilot Wings and | 17 |
| commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in early 1943; he and his crew | 18 |
| of 9 flew their B-17, "Charron's Ferry" in 25 combat missions | 19 |
| over North Africa, France, and Germany (8th Air Force, 96th | 20 |
| Bomb Group, Snetterdon Heath, East Anglia, England); he was | 21 |
| awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 5 | 22 |
| Oak Leaf Clusters; and
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| WHEREAS, He stayed with Illinois Bell for his working | 2 |
| career and retired as a District Level Manager; he volunteered | 3 |
| in several civic services over the years, including being a | 4 |
| commissioner on the Orland Park Police Board; he similarly | 5 |
| engaged multiple ministries in church service; he enjoyed | 6 |
| swimming, golf, and good friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Raymond Joseph Klees was the loving father of | 8 |
| Reverend Raymond F. Klees, Robert C., Caryl C. (Stephen) | 9 |
| Whitney, and Janet M. (Michael) Brennan; the cherished | 10 |
| grandfather of Lauren (Joseph) Jacob, Sarah (Griffin) Keenan, | 11 |
| Meredith (fiancé, Peter Carey) Whitney, and Matthew, Ryan, and | 12 |
| Michael Brennan; the devoted son of the late Jacob and Mary, | 13 |
| nee Brickel, Klees; the fond brother of Marion (John) | 14 |
| Beerepoot, Adelaide (the late Bernard) Beemsterboer, and the | 15 |
| late Robert; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 19 |
| Raymond Joseph Klees; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of Raymond Joseph Klees as a symbol of | 22 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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