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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Paul B. "Rusty" Harris of |
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| Naperville on Tuesday, March 22, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born July 6, 1921, in Normal to Ben and |
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| Pauline (Palmer) Harris; he moved to Naperville in 1966; he was |
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| a graduate of Illinois State University in Normal and was a |
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| teacher at Normal Community High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Harris later worked as a textbook sales |
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| representative for Scholastic Publishing Co. and retired in |
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| 1989 after 40 years; he was an Eagle Scout and U.S. Navy |
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| veteran, serving during World War II on the USS Pamanset in the |
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| Pacific theater; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a very active member for 39 years with the |
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| Naperville Evening Kiwanis Club, was a volunteer for 12 years |
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| at Edward Hospital, delivered Meals on Wheels, and delivered |
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| videos to residents of nursing homes; he especially enjoyed |
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| doing presentations about World War II for grade-school |
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| children on Veterans Day; he also enjoyed participating in the |
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| School District 203 HURRAH program and reading at Prairie |
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| School to the primary-grade students; he served on the board of |
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| directors for the Old Sawmill Condo board for 15 years and was |
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| a 39-year member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Naperville; |
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| he enjoyed being with his family and loved to golf; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Paul B. "Rusty" Harris has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Mary (Salmon) Harris; |
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| his son, John "Jack" (wife Ann) Harris; his daughters, Nancy |
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| (husband Gary) Blotcky and Polly (husband Pat) Benton; his |
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| grandchildren, Kelly First, Chris, Andy, and Tim Grimes, Jay |
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| and Sarah Benton, and Mike, Molly, Kyle, and Tommy Harris; his |
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| great-grandchildren, Katy First and Adam and Amanda Grimes; and |