Full Text of SR1730 100th 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 John Lee Rayburn of Bondville, who passed | 4 | | away on April 30, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Rayburn was born near Bondville to J. W. and | 6 | | Ethel Pfiester Rayburn on November 22, 1921; he married Betty | 7 | | Jean Hammerschmidt in Monticello on November 19, 1944; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Rayburn farmed in the Bondville area until | 9 | | his retirement in 2004; he raised purebred Hampshire swine for | 10 | | over 60 years; he was swine superintendent at the Champaign | 11 | | County Fair for 25 years and was head of the swine carcass show | 12 | | and sale for 20 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Rayburn served as a Scott Township trustee | 14 | | for 28 years and as a drainage district commissioner; he served | 15 | | as a Trustee for the Bondville United Methodist Church and on | 16 | | various church boards; for the past 60 years, he was either a | 17 | | Bondville Fire Corporation volunteer fireman or a trustee on | 18 | | the board; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, John Rayburn was preceded in death by his wife, | 20 | | Betty Jean; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, John Rayburn is survived by his daughters, Sandra | 2 | | (Jim) Black and Shirley (Paul) Berbaum; his grandchildren, Gina | 3 | | Grant, Jamie Black, Joy Black, Tricia Anderson, and Jon | 4 | | Berbaum; eighteen great-grandchildren; two | 5 | | great-great-grandchildren; his beloved friend and companion, | 6 | | Pat Meriedth; and his sister, Mary Wood; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | John Lee Rayburn, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 10 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of John Rayburn as an expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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