Full Text of SR1197 101st 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 Raymond S. "Ray" Cachares of Springfield, | 4 | | who passed away on May 14, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ray Cachares was born to David and June (Zilis) | 6 | | Cachares on January 1, 1954, the first baby of 1954 in the | 7 | | Roseland area on the far south side of Chicago; he received his | 8 | | professional education at Loyola University, the Illinois | 9 | | Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois at | 10 | | Chicago; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dedicated to public service, Ray Cachares was | 12 | | well-respected in his early roles at the Chicago Crime | 13 | | Commission and the City of Chicago; he then moved downstate to | 14 | | serve in the City of Springfield budget office; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Ray Cachares organized the first Springfield St. | 16 | | Patrick's Day parade, which is still held annually; he was also | 17 | | responsible for organizing LincolnFest, which was held many | 18 | | summers in the Capitol Square area in the 1980s; he was | 19 | | instrumental in forming the first United Cerebral Palsy service | 20 | | office in Springfield along with philanthropic efforts for | 21 | | United Cerebral Palsy; he served on the National Board of | 22 | | Directors and received the President's Award in 1998; he was a |
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| 1 | | founding member of the annual Blue Chip Gala, which still | 2 | | continues to assist fundraising for United Cerebral Palsy; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Ray Cachares moved back to Chicago and was | 4 | | appointed Commissioner of the Bureau of Streets and Sanitation; | 5 | | he transitioned to overseeing programming, staffing, and | 6 | | operations at Navy Pier; he then served 15 years as the | 7 | | Director of Business Services for the Secretary of State in | 8 | | Springfield and retired in March of 2020; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Ray Cachares was heavily involved with the Boy | 10 | | Scouts, first as an Eagle Scout and then with the Exploring | 11 | | Program; he served in local and regional positions and then on | 12 | | the National Explorer Cabinet; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ray Cachares enjoyed cooking, especially | 14 | | grilling, and feeding his family and friends at his Springfield | 15 | | home; he enjoyed traveling the world and was an avid fan of | 16 | | college football and the Chicago Bears; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Ray Cachares possessed a work ethic and the | | | | 18 | | motivation for improving the quality and efficiency of all | 19 | | workers under his direction; he cared deeply for those whom he | 20 | | managed and worked to inspire them, never forgetting to | 21 | | acknowledge a job well done; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ray Cachares was preceded in death by his parents | 2 | | and his brother, David; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Ray Cachares is survived by his spouse of 22 | 4 | | years, Richard Martineau; his sister, Lou Ann; his brother, | 5 | | George (Carol); his nieces and nephews, David, Ruth, Anna, | 6 | | Julia, and Benjamin; and his great-nephews, Cohen and David | 7 | | Alex; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Raymond S. "Ray" Cachares and extend our sincere condolences to | 11 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Ray Cachares as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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