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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Frederick E. "Fred" Payne of Champaign, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on September 1, 2018; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Fred Payne was born at home in London Mills to | ||||||
| 6 | Floyd and Angie (Essex) Payne on November 8, 1921; he graduated | ||||||
| 7 | from Abingdon High School, where he played football and | ||||||
| 8 | basketball, in 1940; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Fred Payne began working for Illinois Bell in | ||||||
| 10 | 1941; in 1942, he enlisted in the United States Army as a | ||||||
| 11 | teletype technician; after being honorably discharged, he | ||||||
| 12 | returned to Illinois Bell, where he worked for 37 years until | ||||||
| 13 | his retirement in December 1977; while at Illinois Bell, he | ||||||
| 14 | volunteered with the Telephone Pioneers and was a past | ||||||
| 15 | president of the Illinois Bell Credit Union; In 1964, he began | ||||||
| 16 | working at the Assembly Hall, where he started as a gateman and | ||||||
| 17 | later became gateman supervisor, serving in that capacity for | ||||||
| 18 | 32 years; he also worked for the University of Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Athletic Association ticket office and the Assembly Hall ticket | ||||||
| 20 | office; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Fred Payne was an election judge and an auditor | ||||||
| 22 | for the Champaign County Fair Association for many years; he | ||||||
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| 1 | was a Boy Scout leader, member of the C-U Elks Lodge and Eagles | ||||||
| 2 | Lodge, a lifetime member of the American Legion, where he was | ||||||
| 3 | presented with a 70-year certificate in March 2017, and a | ||||||
| 4 | member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Champaign, where he | ||||||
| 5 | was president of council many times; he was an avid fan of the | ||||||
| 6 | St. Louis Cardinals and the Fighting Illini; he enjoyed | ||||||
| 7 | bowling, basketball, football, golf, waking up early to watch | ||||||
| 8 | the sun rise, feeding and watching the birds, and watching and | ||||||
| 9 | counting jet trails in the sky; he was a true gentleman; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Fred Payne was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 11 | and four siblings; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Fred Payne is survived by his wife, Virginia, and | ||||||
| 13 | his daughter, Linda Payne; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Frederick E. "Fred" Payne and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 17 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Fred Payne as an expression of our | ||||||
| 21 | deepest sympathy.
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