Full Text of SR0955 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Raulin "Sonny" Wight, past president and | 4 | | CEO of Wight & Company, who passed away on August 21, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born November 29, 1923, in Elgin and was a | 6 | | lifelong resident of Downers Grove; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, He was a 1941 graduate of Downers Grove High | 8 | | School; he served as an instructor in the United States Army at | 9 | | the end of World War II; he later received his bachelors degree | 10 | | in architecture from the University of Nebraska; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, He was very proud of his relationships with the | 12 | | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and Pepperidge Farm, and | 13 | | of his role as a director of the Downers Grove National Bank; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, He served as president of Wight & Company until | 16 | | the late 1980s, and he will be remembered most for his work at | 17 | | Triton Community College and at the College of DuPage where, | 18 | | under his tenure, the firm designed the Harold McAninch Fine | 19 | | Arts Center and the Physical Education Center; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Raulin Wight Jr. is survived by his wife and |
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| 1 | | childhood sweetheart, Lois; his daughter, Jill Ann Breedlove; | 2 | | his son, Mark; his brother, George; his sisters, Nancy Reimers | 3 | | and Jane; and his two grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 | | his family and friends, the passing of Raulin Wight Jr.; and be | 7 | | it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Raulin B. "Sonny" Wight Jr. as a | 10 | | symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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