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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 Ralph L. Franklin of |
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| Caseyville, formerly of Washington Park, on Sunday, August 21, |
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| 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born June 8, 1922, in Rockwood to Charles |
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| and Faye, nee Murden, Franklin; he valiantly served his country |
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| as a member of the U.S. Army during World War II; he served in |
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| Burma, India, and was a member of the Caseyville VFW Post 6372; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Franklin was very politically active and was |
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| on the Board of Trustees in Washington Park for 30 years and |
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| served as Mayor of Washington Park from 1975 to 1988; he |
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| retired as a car man from Penn Central Railroad, where he |
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| worked for 40 years and was a member of the Railroad Retirees |
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| Club; he was President of his beloved union, TWA 2037, for 27 |
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| years; he worked part-time for Central Hardware, Sears |
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| Hardware, and he also worked for the East St. Louis Health |
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| Department; and
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| WHEREAS, He gave much love and strength to his family, |
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| church, and community; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 60 |
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| years, Shirley J., nee Champ, Franklin; his daughter who died |
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| in infancy, Patricia Franklin; his grandson who died in |
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| infancy, Christopher Jerome; his granddaughter-in-law, Julie |
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| Grzyb; his parents, Charles and Faye, nee Murden, Franklin; his |
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| brother and his wife, Alvin and Helen, nee Brock, Franklin; his |
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| son-in-law, Walter "Lucky" Grzyb; his mother-in-law, Martha, |
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| nee Cowens, Hazel; his sister-in-law, Delores, nee Benson, |
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| Franklin; and his brother-in-law, Henry Coppotelli; and
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