Full Text of SR0831 98th 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 John C. "Jack" Rain of Alton, who passed | 4 | | away on January 7, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Rain was born on September 25, 1923; he was | 6 | | the son of the late Clifford C. and Eleanor (nee Rice) Rain; he | 7 | | married the former Betty M. (nee Benz) Haycraft on December 27, | 8 | | 1946 in Alton; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, John Rain graduated from Alton High School; he | 10 | | subsequently graduated from the University of Missouri - | 11 | | Columbia, where he was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, John Rain served as a staff sergeant in the United | 13 | | States Army during World War II; he was captured during the | 14 | | Battle of the Bulge on December 23, 1944 and remained | 15 | | imprisoned until April 4, 1945; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, John Rain was the co-owner of the family grocery | 17 | | store, Rain and Rain Grocery; he began working at the store at | 18 | | age 8 and continued working until his retirement in 1989; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, John Rain was a longtime member of Elm Street | 20 | | Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon and elder; he |
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| 1 | | was also a member of College Avenue Presbyterian Church in | 2 | | Alton; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, John Rain was a member of the A-Men Group of Alton | 4 | | High School, the Alton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1308, the | 5 | | Shriners International, and a founding member of the North | 6 | | Alton Business Men Group (now the North Alton Godfrey Business | 7 | | Council); and | 8 | | WHEREAS, John Rain was preceded in death by his parents; | 9 | | his daughter-in-law, Kathie Rain; and his brother, William | 10 | | "Bill" Rain; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Rain is survived by his wife, Betty; his | 12 | | sons, John C. Rain, Jr. and Daniel C. Rain; his grandchildren, | 13 | | Rachel (Nick) Catanzaro and John Clifford Rain III; his | 14 | | great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Noah Catanzaro; and his | 15 | | sister-in-law, Nadine Rain; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 18 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of John C. "Jack" Rain; | 19 | | and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of John Rain as an expression of our |
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