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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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| learned with regret of the death of Edward B. "Duke" Blair Sr. |
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| of Alton on Monday, May 17, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Blair was born on June 20, 1922, in Alton to |
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| Louis and Evelyn (Kramer) Blair; he and the former Evelyn |
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| Winchell were married July 2, 1945, at St. Mary's Catholic |
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| Church in Alton; she preceded him in death on August 31, 2002; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Blair graduated from Alton High School in |
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| 1940, and he graduated in 1947 from the Missouri School of |
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| Mines and Metallurgy with a Bachelor of Science degree; he was |
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| employed for 34 years at Laclede Steel as a chief metallurgist, |
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| retiring in 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Blair valiantly served his country during |
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| World War II in the United States Army and was a member of |
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| Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1308 of Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Edward B. "Duke" Blair Sr. has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his sons and daughters-in-law, |
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| Dr. Edward and Barbara Blair Jr. and Steven and Nancy Blair |
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| Sr.; his daughter, Barbara Hasse; his grandchildren, J. Robert |
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| Hasse II and his wife, Beth, Blair Hasse, Rachel, Lindsay, |
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| Regan, Lauren, and Steven Blair Jr.; his great-grandchildren, |
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| Sara and Stephen Hasse; his beloved pet dachshund, Hans; and |
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| his many other family members and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Edward "Duke" Blair Sr., and we extend our deepest sympathy to |
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| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| further
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