Full Text of SR0463 94th General Assembly
SR0463 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 regret of the death of William Allen Rain of Alton | 4 |
| on Sunday, September 18, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Alton on October 6, 1921, to | 6 |
| Clifford and Eleanor (Rice) Rain; he married the former Nadine | 7 |
| E. Hissrich of East St. Louis on February 9, 1946; they shared | 8 |
| almost 60 beautiful years together; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended Alton schools and William Jewel | 10 |
| College in Liberty, Missouri, where he was a member of the | 11 |
| football team and Sigma Nu fraternity; he enlisted in the Army | 12 |
| Air Corps shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor; he received | 13 |
| training as an armorer, parachute rigger, and graduated as a | 14 |
| pilot at La Hunta, Colorado; later, he was based in Lincoln, | 15 |
| Nebraska, as a B-25 pilot when World War II ended; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his honorable discharge, he returned | 17 |
| home to join the family grocery store, Rain and Rain, located | 18 |
| in North Alton; when the store closed in 1988, the Rain family | 19 |
| had been in business for 111 years; after his retirement, he | 20 |
| joined the advertising staff of the Advantage for a short time; | 21 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, He was very involved for many years with the Boy | 23 |
| Scouts of America; in 1946, he started Troop 7 of Elm Street | 24 |
| Presbyterian Church, which is still active today; he served as | 25 |
| a Scout Leader, institutional representative, and camp | 26 |
| inspector; for his dedicated service, he was awarded the Scout | 27 |
| Statuette and also one of the highest honors, the Silver | 28 |
| Beaver; he was a charter member of the Alton Volunteer | 29 |
| Emergency Corps, serving as the commander at one time; he was | 30 |
| made a life member of that organization; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1993, Mr. Rain was elected to serve as one of | 2 |
| the village of Godfrey's trustees; he held that position for | 3 |
| four years; in 1996, his creative writings were made into a | 4 |
| book entitled "Buffalo"; this western novel was published a | 5 |
| year later and sold more than 3,000 copies; he was a member of | 6 |
| Main Street Methodist Church and served as an usher for many | 7 |
| years; he later joined the Emmanuel Free Methodist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of William Allen Rain has been deeply | 9 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Nadine; his children and | 10 |
| their spouses, William A. "Bud" and Cheryl Rain Jr., Charles A. | 11 |
| "Tony" and Wanda Rain, and Amy R. and Mick Monahan; his | 12 |
| grandsons and a spouse, Nathan and Jennifer Rain and their | 13 |
| daughter, Emma, Jeremy Rain, and Scott and Patrick Monahan; his | 14 |
| brother and his wife, Jack and Betty Rain; his sister-in-law, | 15 |
| Helen (Mrs. William) Wimmer; and his other extended family | 16 |
| members and many dear friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 18 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 |
| William Allen Rain, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 20 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 24 |
| sympathy.
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