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90_SR0220
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Ray Kileen of Decatur, Illinois; and
4 WHEREAS, Mr. Kileen was born on January 11, 1906 in
5 Decatur, Illinois; his parents were Frank George and
6 Charolette Mae Underwood Kileen; Mr. Kileen was a graduate of
7 Decatur High School and attended Northwestern University; on
8 December 6, 1930 he married Catherine B. Kalapis in Decatur;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, Mr. Kileen worked forty-two years for Mueller
11 Co. as chief plumbing engineer; while working at Mueller he
12 and the company held over one hundred patents on products
13 developed by Mr. Kileen; at the time of his retirement from
14 Mueller he held the position of purchasing agent; and
15 WHEREAS, Mr. Kileen was a charter member of the Central
16 Illinois Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional
17 Engineers; he was past president of the Lincoln Trails
18 Council of Boy Scouts of America, where he received the
19 Silver Beaver Award; he was a member and elder of Woodland
20 Chapel Presbyterian Church; he was a member of Golden K
21 service club; he was chairman of the search committee for
22 first city of Decatur purchasing agent; he was past treasurer
23 of the Decatur High School PTA; and he was chairman of
24 several Metro Decatur Chamber of Commerce committees; and
25 WHEREAS, In 1955 Mr. Kileen was awarded the first Boss of
26 the Year Award by the Decatur Chapter of the National
27 Secretaries Association; and
28 WHEREAS, Ray Kileen is survived by his wife, Catherine;
29 his son, Robert Kileen and his wife, Sara; his grandson,
30 David M. Kileen and his wife, Lori; his granddaughters, Nancy
31 Pearl and her husband, Sam, and Mary Ann Ford and her
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1 husband, Perry; and his great-grandchildren, Chelsea Pearl,
2 Theron Ford, Sara Kileen, Ben Kileen, Ellison Ford, and Anna
3 Kileen; therefore, be it
4 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of Ray
6 Kileen and extend our sincere sympathy to his family and
7 friends at this time of loss; and be it further
8 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of Ray Kileen.