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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Ray Allen |
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| Watkins of Aurora, who passed away on October 26, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Ray Watkins was born on April 6, 1925, in |
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| Danville; his parents were Harry and India Watkins; he married |
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| Jo Ann Beyer on February 20, 1948, in Danville; and
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| WHEREAS, Ray Watkins was a graduate of Danville High |
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| School; after high school, he joined the United States Navy, |
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| serving with the Navy Seabees in the South Pacific theater |
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| during World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Ray Watkins earned a degree in engineering from |
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| the Rose Polytechnical Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1953, Ray Watkins and his family moved to |
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| Aurora, where he took a job with Pines Engineering as a |
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| mechanical design engineer; he later took a job with Western |
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| Electric in Montgomery, then transferred to AT&T in Lisle, |
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| where he remained until his retirement in 1990; he also served |
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| as a part-time drafting instructor at Aurora College and |
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| Waubonsee Community College; and
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| WHEREAS, Ray Watkins committed his life to Christ in his |
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| early twenties and led a life of giving and volunteer work; he |
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| served as a tutor for the Joliet and Channahon school districts |
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| and Waubonsee Community College's adult and family program; he |
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| worked with the God's Gym program at First Presbyterian Church |
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| and was a Helping Hand at the Dreyer Medical Clinic; he was a |
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| long-time member of Gideons International; he was also very |
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| active at his church, where he served on various boards, sang |
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| in the choir, and taught numerous Sunday School classes; and
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| WHEREAS, Ray Watkins is survived by his wife of 61 years, |
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| Jo Ann; his children and their spouses, Warren and Cheri |
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| Watkins, Ede and Mike Huff, Paul and Lois Watkins, Patty and |
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| John Brewer, Mark and Sharon Watkins, Win and Joe Lombardi, |
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| Chris and Ted Johnson, and Matthew and Nancy Watkins; his |
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| grandchildren, Brad, Kurt, and Angie Watkins, Marty, Rob, |
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| Jenny, Kit, and Peter Gurry, Amanda, Nicole, and Molly Watkins, |
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| Abby, Ben, Audrey, Teddy, Annie, Allie, and Addison Brewer, |
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| Justin, Luke, Clint, and Tyler Watkins, Jim and TJ Lombardi, |
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| Travis, Mitch, and Sean Johnson, and Bryan, Darryl, Melanie, |
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| and Rachel Watkins; and his great-grandchildren, Cole, |
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| Madison, Joslyn, Isabelle, and Noah Drietz, Mia Donald, Tiernan |
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| Roelofs, and Laurel Gurry; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |