Full Text of SR1560 098th 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 Roger L. Veatch of Thomasville, North | 4 | | Carolina, formerly of Oak Park, who passed away on June 10, | 5 | | 2014; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Roger Veatch was born on July 16, 1923 in Chicago | 7 | | to Roy and Mabel (nee Meyer) Veatch; he graduated from Oak Park | 8 | | and River Forest High School in 1941 and married Margery Ann | 9 | | Jones in 1945; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Roger Veatch entered the United States Army in | 11 | | 1945 and worked on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New | 12 | | Mexico; after World War II, he finished his master's degree in | 13 | | biochemistry at the Illinois Institute of Technology and worked | 14 | | at the Hines Veterans Administration Medical Center in nuclear | 15 | | medicine for 30 years; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Roger Veatch was active at First United Church of | 17 | | Oak Park and in the Community Renewal Chorus; he delivered | 18 | | Meals on Wheels to seniors in the community into his 70s; in | 19 | | 1998, he and his wife retired to North Carolina, where they | 20 | | were active members of Congregational United Church of Christ | 21 | | in Greensboro; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Roger Veatch was preceded in death by his | 2 | | daughter-in-law, Alanna Connors; his brother, David; and his | 3 | | brother-in-law, Edwin Bast; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Roger Veatch is survived by his wife of 69 years, | 5 | | Margery; his sister-in-law, Mariam Veatch; his sister, Anita | 6 | | Bast; his children, Kathryn (William) Ksander, Elizabeth | 7 | | Hopkins, Margaret Veatch, and Phillip Veatch; his 4 | 8 | | grandchildren, Wendy Smith, Peter Ksander (Miranda Hardy), | 9 | | David Ksander (Natalie Ruttan-Stack), and Roy Veatch; and one | 10 | | great-granddaughter; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Roger L. Veatch, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 14 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Roger Veatch as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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