Full Text of SR0161 94th General Assembly
SR0161 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Paul B. "Rusty" Harris of | 4 |
| Naperville on Tuesday, March 22, 2005; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, He was born July 6, 1921, in Normal to Ben and | 6 |
| Pauline (Palmer) Harris; he moved to Naperville in 1966; he was | 7 |
| a graduate of Illinois State University in Normal and was a | 8 |
| teacher at Normal Community High School; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Harris later worked as a textbook sales | 10 |
| representative for Scholastic Publishing Co. and retired in | 11 |
| 1989 after 40 years; he was an Eagle Scout and U.S. Navy | 12 |
| veteran, serving during World War II on the USS Pamanset in the | 13 |
| Pacific theater; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, He was a very active member for 39 years with the | 15 |
| Naperville Evening Kiwanis Club, was a volunteer for 12 years | 16 |
| at Edward Hospital, delivered Meals on Wheels, and delivered | 17 |
| videos to residents of nursing homes; he especially enjoyed | 18 |
| doing presentations about World War II for grade-school | 19 |
| children on Veterans Day; he also enjoyed participating in the | 20 |
| School District 203 HURRAH program and reading at Prairie | 21 |
| School to the primary-grade students; he served on the board of | 22 |
| directors for the Old Sawmill Condo board for 15 years and was | 23 |
| a 39-year member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Naperville; | 24 |
| he enjoyed being with his family and loved to golf; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Paul B. "Rusty" Harris has been | 26 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Mary (Salmon) Harris; | 27 |
| his son, John "Jack" (wife Ann) Harris; his daughters, Nancy | 28 |
| (husband Gary) Blotcky and Polly (husband Pat) Benton; his | 29 |
| grandchildren, Kelly First, Chris, Andy, and Tim Grimes, Jay | 30 |
| and Sarah Benton, and Mike, Molly, Kyle, and Tommy Harris; his | 31 |
| great-grandchildren, Katy First and Adam and Amanda Grimes; and |
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| his brothers, James William (wife Carolee) Harris and Richard | 2 |
| L. (wife Carol) Harris; he was preceded in death by his | 3 |
| parents, Ben and Pauline (Palmer) Harris; and by two brothers, | 4 |
| Jack and Robert; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 |
| Paul B. "Rusty" Harris, and we extend our deepest sympathy to | 8 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincere | 12 |
| condolences.
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