Full Text of SR0418 97th 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 Donald James Randa of Chicago, who passed | 4 | | away on October 13, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born in Oak Park; he graduated from Morton | 6 | | High School in 1939; he attended the University of Chicago, and | 7 | | later the University of Michigan, before joining the United | 8 | | States Army in 1942; he served stateside in the medical corps | 9 | | during World War II; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, While stationed at Fort Custer in Battle Creek, | 11 | | Michigan, he met his future wife, Mary, who was a civilian | 12 | | undergoing training to become a physical therapist; after he | 13 | | left the military in 1946, they returned to the Chicago area | 14 | | and were married in 1947; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, He began his career with Life Newspapers after his | 16 | | father insisted he come to work for him; he began by selling | 17 | | ads and dropping off bundles of newspapers; he later became | 18 | | vice president in charge of sales and general business | 19 | | operations; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, He later became co-owner of the company and | 21 | | executive vice president; after his retirement in the late |
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| 1 | | 1990s, Life Newspapers was sold to Liberty Group Publishing; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Donald Randa is survived by his wife, Mary; his | 4 | | children, Lynne Dougherty and Larry Randa (Deborah); his | 5 | | grandchildren, Matthew Dougherty (Crystal), Katie Zuercher | 6 | | (Jared), Jennifer Reyes (Steven), and Jill Tester (Dr. | 7 | | Gregory); his great-grandchildren, Eirelyn and Noella | 8 | | Zuercher, Alyssa Dougherty, and Jacob Reyes; and many wonderful | 9 | | nieces and nephews and grand-nieces and grand-nephews; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 | | his family and friends, the passing of Donald Randa; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Donald Randa as a symbol of our | 17 | | sincere sympathy.
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