Full Text of SR0685 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
Delores Winifred Storman Ray, who passed | 4 | | away on March 7, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Delores Ray was born on July 16, 1935, in Shannon, | 6 | | Mississippi; her parents were the late Robert Perry Storman, | 7 | | Sr. and Ora Mae Lyons Storman; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Delores Ray attended Garfield and Carver | 9 | | Elementary Schools, and received her high school diploma from | 10 | | East St. Louis Senior High School at the age of 15; she | 11 | | subsequently attended the University of Illinois at | 12 | | Urbana-Champaign for 2 years; while there, she was inducted | 13 | | into Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Nu Chapter; in | 14 | | 1954, she entered the Washington University School of | 15 | | Medicine's Department of Physical Therapy, where she earned her | 16 | | bachelor's degree in 1956; she later earned her master's degree | 17 | | in health administration from Webster University; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from college, Delores Ray | 19 | | accepted a position as a physical therapist at Blodgett | 20 | | Memorial Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan; in 1960, she | 21 | | returned home to East St. Louis, where she accepted a position | 22 | | in physical therapy at Centreville Township Hospital; in the |
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| 1 | | fall of 1968, Christian Welfare Hospital she was offered a | 2 | | position as a physical therapist at Christian Welfare Hospital, | 3 | | which led to her heading the hospital's entire Rehabilitation | 4 | | Unit; in 1981, she joined the Comprehensive Mental Health | 5 | | Center of St. Clair County, where she served as Executive | 6 | | Director until her retirement in 2000; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Delores Ray was a member of Southern Mission | 8 | | Missionary Baptist Church, under the religious guidance of | 9 | | Pastor Jerome Jackson; she was an active member and was | 10 | | appointed to the trustee board at the church; she was also | 11 | | chair of the church's scholarship committee; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Delores Ray was an active member and past | 13 | | President of the East St. Louis Alumnae; she served as | 14 | | President of the Delta Economic Development Corporation Board | 15 | | for 8 years and was instrumental in helping to build the Delta | 16 | | Child Development Center; she was also a board member for | 17 | | Storman-Stufflin School (Storman Academy) for many years; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Delores Ray is survived by her husband of 43 | 19 | | years, Frank James Ray; her daughter, Karen Delores Cross; her | 20 | | son, Jason Frank Ray; her sister, Jacqueline Storman Turnage; | 21 | | her brother, Robert Perry Storman; her aunt, Addie Oldham; her | 22 | | sisters-in-law, Catherine Jones, Constance Owens, and Deborah | 23 | | Storman; her brothers-in-law, Paul Turnage and Floyd Ray; her |
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| 1 | | sister-cousins, Anita Cooley and Sheila Oldham; her special | 2 | | nieces and nephews; her friend-sisters, Minnie Austin and | 3 | | Jacqueline Settles; her many loving relatives and friends; and | 4 | | her caregivers, Priscilla Mason and Deborah Storman; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 | | her family and friends, the passing of Delores Winifred Storman | 9 | | Ray; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Delores Ray as an expression of our | 12 | | sympathy.
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