Full Text of SR0776 94th General Assembly
SR0776 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| wish to express their sincere condolences to the family and | 4 |
| friends of Donald Karl Owens of Naperville, who passed away on | 5 |
| June 7, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on May 17, 1924, to Willard Payton and | 7 |
| Charlotte (Jeans) Owens of Alton; he was united in marriage on | 8 |
| January 18, 1945, to the former Beverly Jane Ramsey in Saint | 9 |
| Louis, Missouri, who preceded him in death; he served his | 10 |
| country with the United States Army Occupational Forces after | 11 |
| World War II in Korea; and
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| WHEREAS, He and Beverly moved to Naperville in 1960, where | 13 |
| they were active members of the First Congregational Church | 14 |
| with Beverly serving as church organist for 30 years; he had a | 15 |
| long career in credit and finance management, including 14 | 16 |
| years with the Hitachi Corporation from which he retired; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Donald Karl Owens has been deeply | 18 |
| felt by many, especially by his children, Jane Jacobek, Bonnie | 19 |
| Owens, Donald Owens, Susan (Mike) Hanus, Cheryl (Joe) Boland, | 20 |
| David Owens, and Joanne (Mike) Boland; his 14 grandchildren; | 21 |
| his four great-grandchildren; and his nephews, Robert G. | 22 |
| Kemper, Larry O. Kemper, and Rodney Owens; in addition to his | 23 |
| wife, he was proceeded in death by his parents, Willard and | 24 |
| Charlotte Owens; his daughter, Linda Lee; his son, Gary | 25 |
| Michael; and his siblings, Melvin W. Owens, Vernon P. Owens, | 26 |
| and Virginia (Owens) Kemper; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 28 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 29 |
| Donald Karl Owens, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 30 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 31 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 3 |
| sympathy.
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