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